The Top Ten Markets To Lose Your Car

The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) reported today that after three consecutive years as the area with the worst per capita vehicle theft rate in the nation, Modesto, CA has fallen into the number five position-a dramatic improvement. Taking over the "Number One Hot Spot" is Las Vegas, NV.

As in 2005, the western United States still ranks as the area of the country with the highest auto theft rates. All of the nation's top ten areas are in the west with five of them in California. For 2006, the ten metropolitan statistical areas with the highest vehicle theft rates are:

1. Las Vegas/Paradise, NV
2. Stockton, CA
3. Visalia/Porterville, CA
4. Phoenix/Mesa/Scottsdale, AZ
5. Modesto, CA
6. Seattle/Tacoma/Bellevue, WA
7. Sacramento/Arden-Arcade/Roseville, CA
8. Fresno, CA
9. Yakima, WA
10. Tucson, AZ

BMWRocks - 4/24/2007 11:39:22 AM

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Go California! WooYaa

chuck717 - 4/24/2007 12:41:25 PM

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Except for the Northwest all are sunny places, i guess nobody likes trying to steal car in sub zero temps and sliping and sliding if the cops get hot on their tail these guys are no dummies?

EL34 - 4/24/2007 12:46:07 PM

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You will always find more car theft in Liberal cities.

I live in OC,CA.

indoctrin8ed - 4/24/2007 1:30:20 PM

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I hear it's even worse in Vancouver, BC - ooober liberal.

stone - 4/24/2007 2:14:45 PM

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I can't believe Philly doesn't make that list, when we lived there, you heard about at least 3 car thefts or car jackings every time you turned on the news. I remember going to the Greek picnic in Philly with my friend and his brand new Jetta many years ago. We were in the park no less than an hour and his car was stolen, they left the lock that everyone seems to put on their steering wheels lying right in the spot his car used to be parked. lol

Bmw8ter - 4/24/2007 2:26:59 PM

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There's an after market theft deterrent system that violently turns the wheel, left and right, at about 200 repetitions a minute; maybe even faster.

Supposedly it can break your arms if you try to stop it. I'd like to see someone try to steal a car with that system on it.

GX470guy - 4/24/2007 2:25:35 PM

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LEXUSES are so advanced that they have their own force fields around them when they're turned off and the MIGHTY LEXUSGODS will push whoever tries to steal a LEXUS out of the way. someone has tried to steal my SEXYBEAUTIFUL GX470 before and the MIGHT LEXUSGODS pushed him away. He will never try to steal a SEXYBEAUTIFUL LEXUS again!!!!!!!!!!!

Mmm... Lexus...

trd1 - 4/24/2007 5:41:57 PM

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haha i live in the seattle area and i didn't know they are number six.

no1listensanyway - 4/24/2007 6:10:34 PM

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Get a car with OnStar, they will find it in minutes, if they havnt already scrapped it yet.

aussie2u - 4/26/2007 4:54:09 PM

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Wow, Florida stayed out of this list! We train the terrorists to fly, have hanging chad's, and the most expensive natural disasters. So I guess we can now say at least if you come here your car will be safe and your kids will have the best looking female sexual predator techers in the country!