Posted on 12/29/2016 8:01:37 PM PST by george76
U.S. News compiled data on car thefts from the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 2014 – the most recent year for complete data from the bureau – to determine which of the 100 largest metro areas in the country had the highest rate of car theft.
Albuquerque, New Mexico, takes the top spot for highest rate of car theft, with a total of 6,131 thefts in 2014 and 676.9 thefts per 100,000 people. The City of Albuquerque acknowledges its high rate of auto theft on its website, noting New Mexico’s shared border with Mexico gives car thieves added incentive because they can take the stolen vehicles across the border and sell them.
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10. Seattle .
9. San Jose, California .
8. Spokane, Washington .
7. Fresno, California .
6. Milwaukee .
5. Stockton, California .
4. Bakersfield, California .
3. San Francisco .
2. Modesto, California .
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Cali seems to be right up there. Why might that be?
california is a wonderful place, rich with diversity and sanctuary to the unfortunate. Oh yeah, and a lot of car theft/rape/murder
Didn't win this one, but we did win #1 for dirtiest air in the US!
Stealing the cars Americans won’t steal.
You couldn’t pay me to live in California.
undocumented repo men
same
Wait...didn’t Hillary win all these voting districts?
And most of those cities have high Mexican populations. Are we to make the connection?
By my quickie count...
1/10 is a red state.
This is almost a distinction without a difference with the top five cities eclipsing 500 cars per 100,000 population. But you can see the “Hispanic influence” in all cases, particularly with respect to California. Just hope Jim and John have a garage, what with Fresno at #7.
“You couldn’t pay me to live in California.”
Good, our gain is your loss! We don’t need any more people!
The City of Albuquerque acknowledges its high rate of auto theft on its website, noting New Mexico’s shared border with Mexico gives car thieves added incentive because they can take the stolen vehicles across the border and sell them.
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Sounds like a wall is needed.
DemocRat hellholes, every one of them.
Red state this election. Until it becomes reliably pub it would be more accurate to say it’s now a battleground state. and at best purple. Milwaukee in and of itself is still a dim stronghold anyway.
I think another theft factor is the preponderance of souped-up “rice” cars. There are quite a few nice imports in California that are desired by thieves, a lot of them with luxury features installed by well-to-do folks. I don’t think they’re stealing old Plymouths or grandma cars.
The cost of not baiting them and killing them in the act. Not even worthy of a pussy title. Cats know what needs done.
All are sanctuary cities. Another coincidence?
I’d say you’re a bit low on tax paying citizens but you suit yourself.
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