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.).
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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/joyriding, theft with access to keys, fraudulent theft, or opportunistic theft
Contributing circumstances
- location (attainability of theft)
- Deserted car parking lots, quiet junctions and residential areas are often targets. In addition, vehicles stuck in traffic are often targets for a 'smash and grab' incident where an item of value is clearly visible (e.g. handbag, purse, stereo, etc.)/
| 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 car theft
Impacts
Social impact
Economic impact
In terms of economic impact, the costs of vehicle theft, the parties on whom those costs fall, possible secondary economic impact, and a cost-effectiveness analysis of prevention measures should be assessed. Although vehicle theft is not as intrusive as violent crime, it is both quite common and costly for society.[2] The direct costs of vehicle theft are for about 16% attributable to costs in anticipation of vehicle theft (e.g. anti-vehicle theft measures and insurance administration), but almost 80% of the costs are attributable to the consequence of vehicle theft (e.g. the value of the stolen vehicles (±45%), physical and emotional impact on victims (±15%), the costs of property recovered (±10%)). The remaining 4% can be attributed to the costs in response of crime by the public authorities (policing and the criminal justice system)[3].
Mobility impact
safety impact
Measures
- surveillance
- reaction force
- target hardening
- access control (parkings)
- deflecting offenders
- Education (don't leave valuables in car)
Footnotes and references
- ↑ http://www.popcenter.org/problems/residential_car_theft/
- ↑ In 2006, about one million vehicles got stolen in both the United States and in the European Union. Source: Barham, J. (2011). Europe’s Car Thieves Go Upscale. Security management.
- ↑ Home Office, Research, Development and Statistics Directorate (2005). The economic and social costs of crime against individuals and households 2003/04.
