Top cities for auto theft
June 21, 2010 • Auto Insurance • Comments • • Tags: Auto Theft, Theft
A vehicle is stolen in the United States every 33 seconds–that’s nearly 1,000,000 vehicles a year.
The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) tracks auto theft, and publishes a “Hot Spots” list annually. The list shows the auto theft rates on a per-capita basis in metro areas around the United States. A Metropolitan Statistical Unit (MSA) contains a major urbanized area with a population of at least 50,000 people and the surrounding area it serves–there are 366 MSAs in the United States. Theft rates are expressed as auto thefts per 100,000 people, so a theft rate of 500 would mean that 5 of every 1,000 people had their car stolen.