Auto Theft In British Columbia

According to crime stats, British Columbia vehicle thefts really like Ford F-150, F-250, F-350 and silver Honda Civics. There are actually a lot of reasons behind why people steal cars and trucks. The first is simple transportation. The theft will steal a car simply because they need to get from point A to point B. Usually these locations are separated by a good distance otherwise they will not steal a car for that service. Another reason is a quick joyride. The theft will see an easy car to steal and do so to just take it for a drive, which tends to end up with the car being damaged and left somewhere on the side of the road. Some thefts use cars to make money by either just swapping the stolen car for straight money or chopping it for pieces. These are known as professional auto thieves because they plan most of their robberies.

Most of the cars that are stolen are ford trucks in cities like Prince George and Honda Civics all over because of how many there are. British Colombia has the third highest auto theft rate in Canada only behind Alberta and Ontario. Ontario is only higher than BC because of how many people live in that province. British Colombia had 14 006 auto thefts in 2016 while Alberta had 22 801. These rates are easily able to go down if people used a little common sense. LOCK YOUR CAR. Auto thefts could be a lot harder if every car was locked and if cars had a auto-theft sticker even if it isn't true. Also do not leave your car in the middle of nowhere where nobody could here or see it getting broken into.