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From 2016-2018, nearly 230,000 vehicles nationwide went missing due to keys left inside, creating a crime of opportunity for auto thieves, reports the National Insurance Crime Bureau.
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Since January, 914 vehicles have been stolen in the city of New Orleans. That's about equal to the total vehicle thefts (913) in the state of North Carolina in 2017.
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In the five-year period between 2013 and 2018, a total of 376,773 vehicles were stolen because drivers left their keys or fobs in the vehicle, marking an 88% increase overall.
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Vehicle thefts increased more than 53% in Oregon between 2012 and 2017 — compared to 11% nationwide — and now a new bill supported by public officials and the National Insurance Crime Bureau aims to reverse the trend.
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Law enforcement officials in Tulsa, Okla., have seen a spike in pickup truck tailgate thefts. In fact, stolen tailgates accounted for many of the 300 parts ripped from vehicles in Tulsa last year, according to a report on KTUL.
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Albuquerque, N.M., which ranked as the top metro area in the nation for per-capital vehicle theft rates in 2016 and 2017, has thefts by 33% for the first nine months of 2018, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB).
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A vehicle was stolen once every 40 seconds in 2017, the National Insurance Crime Bureau has announced.
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On an average day in 2017, there were some 2,228 vehicle thefts in the U.S., but on New Year's Day there was a whopping 2,469, according to new data on annual holiday vehicle thefts released by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB).
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The 2017 Nissan Altima was the most frequently stolen vehicle in 2017 with 1,153 thefts nationwide, according to the latest Hot Wheels report from the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB).
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Fobs only work within a close range. But even if a driver's fob is inside his or her home, hackers can use an amplifying device to grab the signal, send it to another device and ultimately, gain access to a vehicle.
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