I can share that from living in a Northern UK city, between 2 or 3 "notorious" streets there would be multiple car break-ins each week. The University's student Facebook page became a constant feed of people reporting cars with smashed windows.
I lived in Leeds (Northern UK City) for a while about 15 years ago and, yeah, cars were stolen routinely (mine included). I would expect it is less common now though?
Police just don't care about stolen cars. It's the same people who do it each week. They live at the end of the road at number 110. None of the stolen cars have ever been recovered, but they're all insured against theft so most people don't care and just buy another car till they get a model that's harder to steal.