Just three cars were stolen from this year's Glastonbury festival - a figure that represents a record in the iconic event's history.

A total of 42,000 cars were parked in the festival's car parks. Event security organisers Avon and Somerset police said that the reduction had come about as a result of proactive police patrols in partnership with festival-goers.

The police force also praised Glastonbury attendees, saying that they had heeded advice not to bring a large number of valuable to the festival.

And statistics from county's police force also showed that overall crime had fallen by 17 per cent compared to 2005's figures.

"The figures are very pleasing from our point of view," superintendent Adrian Coombs, who leads the force's planning for Glastonbury and was a shadow commander at this year's event, said.

"We have worked hard to reduce crime at the festival with the organisers and theft from motor vehicle has certainly been a problem in the past.

"There has been many instances where officers at previous events have seen items left on display that attract an opportunist thief - that was obviously much reduced this year.

"Hopefully we can build on this next year and make the festival still safer."

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