乗り物 窃盗s 殺到するd to 1.02M in 2023 thanks to keyless 入ること/参加(者) 切り開く/タクシー/不正アクセスs
You might need to check your 乗り物 is where you parked it. 乗り物 窃盗s have risen since 2019 and reached a new 頂点(に達する) of 1,020,729 事例/患者s last year, says the 国家の 保険 罪,犯罪 Bureau (NICB), a 監視者. California saw more 窃盗s than any other 明言する/公表する, with 208,668 乗り物s 報告(する)/憶測d stolen.
But Washington DC has it worse. For every 100,000 people, 1,150 乗り物s were nabbed, more than three times the US 普通の/平均(する). NICB boss David Glawe says thieves are 簡単に getting better at 割れ目ing the keyless 入ること/参加(者) systems used nowadays. They 雇う 'ますます sophisticated methods' and '前進するd 科学(工学)技術 to bypass 安全 systems,' he said.
'From keyless 入ること/参加(者) 切り開く/タクシー/不正アクセスs to relay attacks on 重要な fobs, 悪党/犯人s are 偉業/利用するing vulnerabilities in modern 乗り物 安全 対策 with alarming success 率s,' Glawe 追加するd. The findings show a 殺到する in 乗り物 窃盗 even as other types of 罪,犯罪 are returning to more normal levels after pandemic bumps. The 増加する is driven in part by groups of mostly juvenile 違反者/犯罪者s across the US who 地位,任命する 'how-to' ビデオs on TikTok of themselves using screwdrivers and cables to start 乗り物s and go on joyrides.
Some styled themselves as the 'Kia Boyz,' after one of the 製造者s 的d 予定 to 安全 vulnerabilities that were 平易な to 偉業/利用する. Hybrid 乗り物s are often 的d by thieves, thanks to the precious metals in their catalytic converters that sell for hundreds of dollars on the 黒人/ボイコット market. The second-手渡す car market also encourages 窃盗s, with used car prices up 30 パーセント since before the pandemic.
The 殺到する in 窃盗s has led such cities as Baltimore, Philadelphia, Richmond and Scranton to 手渡す out 解放する/自由な wheel locks to 阻止する crooks. 窃盗s across all 製造業者s 発射 up from 873,080 in 2020 to 1,020,729 last year, NICB says. Washington DC saw the はっきりした rise last year, part of a city-wide 罪,犯罪 wave, with 64 パーセント more 乗り物s stolen than in 2022. Maryland saw a 63 パーセント 増加する.
Connecticut (33 パーセント), Nevada (18 パーセント) and Massachusetts (16 パーセント) 一連の会議、交渉/完成するd out the 最高の,を越す five. NICB 研究員s also identified 乗り物 窃盗 hotspots. The Washington DC area between Arlington and Alexandria saw a whopping 52 パーセント 増加する to 24,119 stolen 乗り物s last year.
But, by the numbers, the Los Angeles area between Long Beach and Anaheim was the worst place to park. Thieves made off with 72,460 乗り物s there last year. The 罪,犯罪 wave continued in eastern Pennsylvania this week, where police are 調査(する)ing 25 car break-ins and one stolen white Honda (許可,名誉などを)与える 夜通し in Nazareth on Saturday.
Thieves made off with 72,460 乗り物s there last year. Thieves made off with 72,460 乗り物s there last year. Police in South Euclid, Ohio, 一方/合間, 逮捕(する)d three minors for trying to steal a neighbor's Kia, while eight 乗り物s 価値(がある) $1.2 million were stolen from two dealerships in North Alabama this past week.
Glaw says 警官,(賞などを)獲得するs, 政府 公式の/役人s and 製造業者s need to work together to fight the 天罰(を下す). The problem is worse because 乗り物 thieves so often get away with their 罪,犯罪s, he said. 'The repercussions of 乗り物 窃盗 延長する beyond 財政上の losses, 原因(となる)ing 重要な 苦しめる and inconvenience for 影響する/感情d individuals,' he said.
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