Motor vehicle thefts continue to decline, according to the FBI, which said vehicle thefts fell 7.4 percent in 2010 compared to the year earlier.
If you look at the figures since 2001, motor vehicle theft is down by a whopping 40 percent.
About 73 percent of all motor vehicle thefts involved automobiles, while 16.5 percent involved trucks and buses. Another 10.6 percent of thefts was deemed as “other.”
In total, there were an estimated 737,000 vehicle thefts in 2010 causing a dollar loss of $4.5 billion.
The reduction in auto theft for 2010 over 2009 by region is:
Total -7.2
Northeast -4.8
Midwest -2.6
South -9.5
West -7.9
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Source: FBI, Ford
Photo via spokaneauto.net
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