Security issue: Vehicle theft
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Security issue: Vehicle theft
Vehicle theft is the crime of theft, or attempt of theft of or from a motor vehicle (automobile, truck, bus, motorcycle, etc.).
Description
This category includes both theft of and from vehicles in the same category, because the measures against it would be very alike from the viewpoint of an urban planner.
This category does not include: carjacking, theft with access to keys, fraudulent theft, or opportunistic theft
Attributing circumstances
- location (attainability of theft)
| Location | Thefts per 100,000 cars per 24 hours |
| Home garage | 2 |
| Home carport/drive | 40 |
| Home street | 117 |
- attractiveness of vehicles or items in vehicles
- proximity to known area with cartheft
Impacts
- economic
Measures
- surveillance
- reaction force
- target hardening
- access control (parkings)
- deflecting offenders
- Education (don't leave valuables in car)
Footnotes and references
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