Following an eight-year downturn, U.S. auto theft is on the rise. According to the latest Hot Spots report, the National Insurance Crime Bureau's (NICB) annual per-capita review of the nation's metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), vehicle theft swelled 1.3 percent in 2012, when compared to 715,373 incidents in 2011.
Based on preliminary 2012 data supplied by the FBI, the NICB found the most dramatic uptick to be concentrated in the U.S. west (defined by the FBI as Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming). Further solidifying its reputation as a hotbed for auto theft, the west saw a 10.6-percent increase in 13 states last year.
Somewhat incredibly, one state claimed eight of ten spots on the NICB's list of MSAs with the most stolen rides in 2012. Click on the “Next” button at the bottom right to find out which state carries this unfortunate distinction, as well as how the rest of the U.S. stacks up.
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