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Vehicle Crime

  • The UK's most common offence - 24% of all recorded crime.
  • A car is broken into every 13 seconds.
  • One in four motorists get their car broken into.
  • 64% of vehicle offenses are thefts from vehicles - Half of these thefts are through a broken window.
  • Main items stolen: personal (49%), stereos (44%), tools (9%).
  • Car break-ins are mainly opportunistic in nature.
  • Half (51%) of attacks happen in the street, 31% in car parks.
  • About 75% of incidents are reported to police.

Sources: 1998 British Crime Survey; Home Office; AA Survey; Norwich Union Parking Perils Study; Autoglass 1999 Client Survey.

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