Car theft for the first time in more than 10 years increased

Posted on 24-01-2014 at 8:07 by robbie – 12 Comments”

It seems that the base of last year was very active with stealing cars. For the first time in years, there were more cars stolen. Last year, 11.761 cars stolen.

That there are 365 more than in 2012, an increase of 3.2%. Criminals had mainly young cars (0-3 years old). This is according to figures from the Foundation for Tackling vehicle crime (AVc).

Also it appears increasingly more difficult for stolen cars to be found. The percentage of cars that, after the theft was discovered, fell from 46 percent to 43 percent. The risk of your car being stolen is 1.4 per 1,000 cars.

The amount of stolen vans increased last year even harder. In 2013 to 14.7% more vans stolen in 2012. In total 2.501 vans.