ABSTRACT
This chapter provides an illustration of how crime prevention researchers can apply their skills to practical problems to assist policy-makers in focusing their efforts and galvanising attention to the problem. Overall, VED evasion rates for the UK show an increase over the 17-year period. Finally, examining the lengths of time people evade VED helps to build a more comprehensive picture of the behaviour and motives behind VED evasion in the UK. The chapter also provides the motivation for vehicle owners to try and reduce or evade as many motoring costs as possible, resulting in higher rates of VED evasion. Loopholes in the current registration and licensing system provide many opportunities. The following analysis shows when and by how much we might expect this programme to reduce VED evasion. Given that the average VED evasion rate is approximately 5.5%, the maximum by which continuous registration could reduce VED evasion is 275,000 vehicles per annum.
