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The Most-Stolen Cars In The Country

Think a tough economy automatically means more street crime? Think again.

“We’ve been trying to pull that theory back a little bit,” says Frank Scafidi, a spokesman for the National Insurance Crime Bureau. “There is no empirical data to make that kind of broad statement.”

If preliminary stats from the FBI crime division hold true, last year will have seen the fewest vehicle thefts since 1967. The most recent FBI crime statistics predict a 7.2-percent reduction in theft since 2009—the lowest rate in more than 40 years.


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