Auto Thefts Surge In 2020

Written By Simon Whitfield

ACCORDING TO NEW NICB REPORT

DES PLAINES, Ill., January 26, 2021 — 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.

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