Theft young cars increased

Posted on 16-08-2013 at 9:44 by MrBrown – 28 Comments”

The car thieves are again busy. The criminal heads have by that young cars are simply worth more than a worn-out Ford Escort.

In the first half of 2013 is the counter incurred to 1,565 stolen young passenger cars. This includes cars up to three years old. In early 2012, had the crooks less success, when their catch to young stuff 11,6% smaller. The theft of older cars remained virtually the same.

We look at the total picture, we see an increase of 2.7% compared to last year. Of 5.756 stolen cars, there were 1.090 a Volkswagen Golf. The Polo and Mercedes E-class followed with, respectively, 337 and 232 stolen copies.

According to the AVC (Stiching for Tackling vehicle crime) is the probability that your car is stolen is the greatest if you have a Lexus. Per 10,000 Lexussen be there every year, 76 stolen. At Volkswagen there are 38, and BMW is at three with 36 pieces.

Thieves are not shy for hybrid vehicles. With 20 thefts per 10,000 hybrids, they are just as popular as other young cars. Just completely surprising is Lexus at the top. 1 on the 100 hybrid Lexussen is stolen.

Learn more about naughty rascals that our expensive cars to steal? Listen this afternoon at 15.00 to the National autoshow at BNR. (via BNR.nl)