The National Insurance Crime Bureau states that in 2023 the metro areas of Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim had 72,460 car thefts and San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley had 40,977 car thefts, which made up more than 50% of the state’s vehicle thefts. The Los Angeles metro area is also the No. 1 metro area in the nation for vehicle thefts by volume. Valley News/Pexels.com photo
More than 1 million vehicles stolen last year
OAK BROOK, Ill. – Vehicle thefts continue to surge nationwide, challenging vehicle owners and law enforcement agencies hoping to curb this growing crime trend. A new report released by the National Insurance Crime Bureau, the nation’s leading nonprofit organization exclusively dedicated to identifying, investigating, preventing and deterring insurance fraud and crime, shows another record-breaking year for vehicle thefts in 2023. Last year, more than 1 million vehicles were reported stolen and overall vehicle thefts increased about 1% nationwide from 1,008,756 in 2022 to 1,020,729 in 2023. Vehicle theft rates have risen steadily since 2019. California accounted for the highest number of vehicle thefts nationwide in 2023 with 208,668 vehicl
