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A car with one of its windows broken. Motor vehicle theft or car theft (also known as a grand theft auto in the United States) is the criminal act of stealing or attempting to steal a motor vehicle. In 2020, there were 810,400 vehicles reported stolen in the United States, up from 724,872 in 2019. [1]
July is National Vehicle Theft Prevention Month. Here’s lists of the top 10 most frequently stolen vehicles in Illinois, Missouri and the U.S., plus tips on how to protect your vehicle from theft.
According to Bryan Hance, who runs bikeindex.org, a nonprofit international registry of stolen bikes, 11,378 thefts were reported in 2019, with 1,108 bikes recovered. In 2020, the numbers surged ...
According to Bryan Hance of Bike Index, "one of the first 'hits' was a bike that was stolen in Salt Lake City, Utah and pawned at a shop in Nevada — 400 miles away." [ 11 ] In 2017, data analysis by a student at the NYC Data Science Academy of the openly available Bike Index data showed that approximately a third of the cataloged bicycles ...
How often do cars get stolen? Car theft is increasingly common in the U.S. In 2023, 1,020,729 vehicles were stolen, compared to 1,008,756 in 2022 and 794,019 in 2019, according to the NICB. That ...
A Nissan Skyline GT-R damaged after a joyride by car thieves, in Christchurch, New Zealand. Joyriding is driving or riding in a stolen vehicle, most commonly a car, with no particular goal other than the pleasure or thrill of doing so or to impress other people. [1] The term "joy riding" was coined by a New York judge in 1908. [2]
Over the last four years, the United States has seen a surge in vehicle thefts with more than one million cars stolen in 2023 alone – but two particular car makes and models have contributed ...
On February 7, 1975, Bridgeport Police Department patrol officer John McGee issued a member of the Hells Angels' Bridgeport chapter with a citation for speeding on his motorcycle. While driving home at the end of his shift that evening, McGee observed a stalled vehicle and stopped to assist the occupants when he was attacked by three men and ...