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10th April 2024 Issue no. 700

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Car industry declares victory in war on thieves

The motor industry says it is winning the war against car thieves, thanks to advances in security features.

BBC transport correspondent Richard Scott says unless criminals can get their hands on the keys, new cars are all but impossible to steal.

The number of thefts have declined dramatically but the industry admits in the future thieves may overcome some of the high-tech security barriers.
Over the last seven years car thefts have fallen by around two-thirds.

The vast majority of those thefts were of vehicles more than three years old.

Last year 107,000 cars were stolen, down from 119,000 in 2010 and massively down on the 600,000 a year which were taken 20 years ago.

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