Decline in Auto theft rate persists in 2011

Decline in car theft continues in 2011 reported by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB). FBI specifies that there is a decline of percent 3.3 from the 2010 theft rate.

The NICB declares the common tendency is down, with the bulk of main cities having seen a decrease in nationwide auto theft in 2011. A few areas, like Laredo, Texas, have seen major reduction.

Unexpectedly, the crisis has sustained on a down grade, specialists memo, all over the nation's enduring financial slouch. That's an important turnaround of customary outlines. However, the FBI has established that, on the whole crime has fallen, too.

The concluding information, according to different statements, might explain that thefts have currently dropped to their lowly stages from the time when the mid-1960s.

Laredo, Texas is a major illustration of the down tendency. It directed the state between all urban areas as currently as 2009 although fell to number 53 on the record 2 years later on, auto thefts being slash above in semi to just 849 previous year.

Not all the news is so upbeat, however. Preliminary data show that there are still some national hot spots. Four of the top 10 metro areas still reported an increase in car thefts. And the primary problem is along the West Coast, the NICB reports.

TOP TEN U.S. METROPOLITAN AREAS WITH HIGHEST MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT RATES, 2011

Rank	Metropolitan Statistical Area	Vehicles stolen	Rate (1)
1	Fresno, CA	7,621	808
2	Modesto, CA	3,315	639
3	Bakersfield-Delano, CA	5,240	615
4	Spokane, WA	2,614	552
5	Vallejo-Fairfield, CA	1,308	529
6	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, CA	23,223	529
7	Stockton, CA	3,532	507
8	Visalia-Porterville, CA	911	483
9	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	2,002	481
10	Yakima, WA	2,124	473

TOP TEN MOST FREQUENTLY STOLEN PASSENGER VEHICLES, 2011

Rank	Year, make, model
1	1994 Honda Accord
2	1998 Honda Civic
3	2006 Ford F-Series
4	1991 Toyota Camry
5	2000 Dodge Caravan
6	1994 Acura Integra
7	1999 Chevrolet Silverado
8	2004 Dodge Ram
9	2002 Ford Explorer
10	1994 Nissan Sentra