Auto Thefts Surge In 2020 The National Insurance Crime Bureau Reports
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DES PLAINES, Ill., Jan. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ A preliminary analysis by the National Insurance Crime Bureau shows auto theft took a dramatic leap upward in 2020 compared to 2019, reversing two years of auto theft declines.
According to its initial study, there were 873,080 auto thefts in 2020, a 9.2 percent increase over 2019 which had 799,644 thefts, a boost of more than 73,000 thefts.
2020 auto thefts nationally tallied the most thefts in a decade, according the National Insurance Crime Bureau. In 2020, there were about 73,000 more cars stolen than in 2019.