The 1994 Honda Accord and 1998 Honda Civic were the most-stolen vehicles in 2011, according to the latest report from the National Insurance Crime Bureau.
A report by freep.com last week said the NCIB, a non-profit theft- and fraud-fighting group supported by the insurance industry, compiled the most-stolen list by crunching data submitted to the FBI’s National Crime Information Centre by law enforcement agencies nationwide.
The 1994 Honda Accord and 1998 Honda Civic were the most-stolen vehicles in 2011, according to the latest report from the National Insurance Crime Bureau.
A report by freep.com last week said the NCIB, a non-profit theft- and fraud-fighting group supported by the insurance industry, compiled the most-stolen list by crunching data submitted to the FBI’s National Crime Information Centre by law enforcement agencies nationwide.
While the top two look similar to 2010’s most-stolen list and the 2011 list remains stocked with older vehicles, the NICB reports an overall new trend toward thefts of late-model vehicles.
Newer cars typically are harder to steal because of higher-tech anti-theft devices. But the report attributes the growth in theft of later-model vehicles to more thieves being able to illegally obtain replacement key codes for a specific vehicle.
A key code is an anti-theft technology that requires a code in the key to match a code in the vehicle’s ignition system. Thieves are finding ways to obtain replacement key codes through replacement practices at dealerships and locksmiths, or by having an insider, NICB reports.
The good news is that overall, thefts are decreasing. FBI crime statistics show that vehicle thefts have not been this low since 1967.
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