Chicago car thefts soar to record high in 2023, but arrests hit record low

Fox News ^ | January 23, 2024 | Pilar Arias

[george76]

Motor vehicle thefts up, arrests down in Chicago...

Nearly 30,000 cars were taken from their owners in Chicago last year, yet police efforts to catch the bandits reached record lows...

The number of vehicle thefts reported last year is the highest in 23 years..Not only did the arrest rate for car theft fall to 2.6%, but data collected through the Chicago Data Portal showed that it was the lowest level since the city started tracking crime online in 2001.

The Chicago Police Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but the 29,063 motor vehicle thefts reported in 2023 amount to a 26% increase,

...

Illinois Policy Institute's report also blames the city's "on-going police officer shortage" for not improving "the city’s chances of catching offenders," citing Mayor Brandon Johnson's 2024 budget that eliminated 833 police positions.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Crime always goes down when you remove crimes from the list of crimes. Funny how that works.

[Rennes Templar]

And crime always goes up when you stop catching criminals.

[DAC21]

Stealth reparations.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The goal is to get the law-abiding to beg for a totalitarian government to protect them from crime.

[T.B. Yoits]

For those who don't already know, there's a website that specifically collects and categorizes Chicago shooting data:

https://heyjackass.com/

[Mark17]

The goal is to get the law-abiding to beg for a totalitarian government to protect them from crime.

True.

[oldasrocks]

But I hear the criminals are putting sympathy cards on the
EV’s

[Mark17]

But I hear the criminals are putting sympathy cards on the EV’s

😆 I could believe that.

[SaxxonWoods]

There’s probably only about 8 guys stealing all those cars and they’ve all been arrested 40-50 times.

[george76]

Catch and release is bad for future victims.