Tailgate thefts up 31% last year, Texas leads the nation
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09-04-2014, 09:40 AM
Tailgate thefts up 31% last year, Texas leads the nation
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If you live in Texas and own a pickup, you might want to guard your truck's tailgate from thieves. A recently released study from the National Insurance Crime Bureau looking at tailgate thefts found that from January 1, 2012, to December 31, 2013, the Lone Star State led the country in this crime. Also, the problem may have gotten worse because the numbers jumped 31 percent from 2012 to 2013.
Over the two-year period, Texas led the nation's tailgate thefts with 752 claims, compared to California with 334 and Arizona with 207. Combined, those three represented a significant 67 percent of the total cases found by the NICB. Not only was Texas on top of the list, it had six cities with most tailgate thefts nationwide, including Houston in the lead with 145.
To collect this data, the NICB analyzed insurance claims for stolen tailgates from pickups across the country. In 2012, it found 831 cases of the crime and 1,090 in 2013. Bureau spokesperson Frank Scafidi told Autoblog that "it's hard to know with confidence" the reason for the rapid rise in claims. Though, he speculated that it could simply have been more awareness of the problem for people to file it with their insurance.
According to the bureau, there's a high black-market demand for tailgates and thieves are feeding it. They can be stolen relatively quickly, and in some cases the NICB even found criminals going to malls or even car dealers to steal from multiple pickups at once. The crime can be easily prevented with hinge locks that keep the tailgate from opening, though. Scroll down to read the NICB's statement about the study or read the entire thing as a Word document, here.Continue reading Tailgate thefts up 31% last year, Texas leads the nation
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If you live in Texas and own a pickup, you might want to guard your truck's tailgate from thieves. A recently released study from the National Insurance Crime Bureau looking at tailgate thefts found that from January 1, 2012, to December 31, 2013, the Lone Star State led the country in this crime. Also, the problem may have gotten worse because the numbers jumped 31 percent from 2012 to 2013.Over the two-year period, Texas led the nation's tailgate thefts with 752 claims, compared to California with 334 and Arizona with 207. Combined, those three represented a significant 67 percent of the total cases found by the NICB. Not only was Texas on top of the list, it had six cities with most tailgate thefts nationwide, including Houston in the lead with 145.
To collect this data, the NICB analyzed insurance claims for stolen tailgates from pickups across the country. In 2012, it found 831 cases of the crime and 1,090 in 2013. Bureau spokesperson Frank Scafidi told Autoblog that "it's hard to know with confidence" the reason for the rapid rise in claims. Though, he speculated that it could simply have been more awareness of the problem for people to file it with their insurance.
According to the bureau, there's a high black-market demand for tailgates and thieves are feeding it. They can be stolen relatively quickly, and in some cases the NICB even found criminals going to malls or even car dealers to steal from multiple pickups at once. The crime can be easily prevented with hinge locks that keep the tailgate from opening, though. Scroll down to read the NICB's statement about the study or read the entire thing as a Word document, here.Continue reading Tailgate thefts up 31% last year, Texas leads the nation
Tailgate thefts up 31% last year, Texas leads the nation originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 04 Sep 2014 10:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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