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Vegas steals top spot for stolen cars
The Las Vegas area has stolen the top spot on the list of auto thefts around the nation. The National Insurance Crime Bureau says more than 22,000 vehicles were stolen in Clark County in 2006. That's down slightly from 2005, but still leads the nation.

Here are the top five areas in the country with the most car thefts:

1. Las Vegas/Paradise, NV
2. Stockton, CA
3. Visalia/Porterville, CA
4. Phoenix/Mesa/Scottsdale, AZ
5. Modesto, CA

The top five most stolen cars are as follows:

1. 1996 Honda Accord
2. 1995 Honda Civic
3. 1990 Toyota Camry
4. 1994 Saturn SL
5. 1992 Nissan Sentra

Metro is trying different methods to catch car thieves in the act. Our Crime Tracker 3 Team has showed you how Metro's auto theft unit is using bait cars equipped with tracking devices as a way to catch those taking cars and SUVs.

Police say they are making progress, but they have a ways to go. Metro estimates a car is stolen every 25 minutes in Clark County.

As for protecting your vehicle, police say use common sense. Always lock your doors, even if you will only be away for a few minutes. You may also want to invest in a steering wheel lock or a tracking device which sends a signal to police when your car is stolen.

The National Insurance Crime Bureau says all of the nation's top ten areas with the highest car theft rates are in the west, with five of them in California.
 
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keelopz said:
Those cars are old, might as well get em stolen.
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those are only the top 5, u think its gonna be a coincidence that they stole 22,000 of the same cars? i posted another thread bout my homie jackin high-end cars, so he contributed to this car jacking
 
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man, one time i was walking out the mall wit my cuzzin'.....n' these mufuccaz weren't trying to steal the trucc.....they took the cover to my fucc'n tail light.....wtf iz up wit that....mofos must've known it was mine cuz they hauled ass to they car n' got the fucc outta there, i laughed so hard....mufuccaz gotta be hard up if all they wanted was my taillight cover, i chased them till they ran a redlight n' hopped on the freeway.....mufuccaz
 
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glad modesto is finally out of the number 1 slot... down to 3 or something... i was kinda proud in a strange way that we were number 1 for a few years... damn tweakers out here... now its all about that copper recycling shit the cops focusing on that now out here.... vegas gonna start crackin down hella hard soon too on this......
 
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No. 1 in auto theft: Las Vegas
Insurance crime group reports that Western states still lead the nation in car theft.
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNNMoney.com staff writer
POSTED: 10:17 a.m. EDT, April 24, 2007

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Las Vegas has the highest rate of auto theft per capita of any metropolitan area in the country, according to data from the National Insurance Crime Bureau.

Western states still lead the nation in auto theft rates, according to the NICB. All of the top ten metro areas by per capita auto theft rates are in western states. Half of the top ten metro areas are in California. (See the Top 10 list below.)

Modesto, Calif., which had topped the ranking for the past three years, saw the number of car thefts there plummet by almost 30 percent last year compared to 2005. Modesto ranked fifth last year in auto thefts per 100,000 population, according to the NICB.

Auto thefts in Las Vegas, which had previously ranked second to Modesto, declined only slightly.

Based on preliminary FBI data, auto thefts in the early part of 2006 were trending downward nationally for the third year in a row, according to the NICB.

The NICB metro area rankings are based on full-year figures from the National Crime Information Center for 2006. The NICB data ranks all 361 metropolitan areas in the United States.

'Green' concept cars of 2007

The drop in auto thefts in the Modesto area was achieved through various programs including the use of "bait cars," vehicles that are deliberately left vulnerable by police in order to catch car thieves in action.

In Modesto, bait cars are equipped with video and audio recorders and satellite tracking devices, said Lt. Jeff Morris of the California Highway Patrol. Morris is in charge of the Modesto area's auto theft task force. Police cars set up to follow the bait cars have remote control equipment allowing them to lock the doors and shut off the engines of the bait cars, said Morris.

"These cutting-edge enforcement tools offer law enforcement the latest in high-tech crime fighting, and are partly responsible for the absolutely outstanding results achieved in Modesto," said NICB President Robert Bryant in an announcement.

Meanwhile, Modesto prosecutors increased bail requests for first-time auto theft defendants and went after repeat offenders more aggressively, said NICB spokesman Frank Scafidi.

The local Modesto newspaper also published photos of those arrested for auto theft as a weekly feature, said Morris.

Las Vegas is now employing some of same tactics and has seen the number of auto thefts there decline 22 percent so far this year compared to last year, said Lt. Robert Duvall of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. Duvall is in charge of the auto theft test force there.

Because it's so recent, that decline would not be reflected in these rankings, Duvall added. Also, the population figures used by the NICB do not reflect the Las Vegas area's large tourist population, he said.

The NICB recommends car owners take basic steps to avoid having their cars stolen. Those steps include never leaving keys in the car, locking the car and using a visible anti-theft device such as a steering wheel lock. Vehicles can also be equipped with devices that prevent thieves from starting the vehicle without a key and devices that allow for remote tracking of the vehicle if it is stolen.

Top ten metro areas by per capita auto theft rate

1. Las Vegas/Paradise, Nev.
2. Stockton, Calif
3. Visalia/Porterville, Calif.
4. Phoenix/Mesa/Scottsdale, Ariz.
5. Modesto, Calif.
6. Seattle/Tacoma/Bellevue, Wash.
7. Sacramento/Arden-Arcade/Roseville, Calif.
8. Fresno, Calif.
9. Yakima, Wash.
10. Tucson, Ariz.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/AUTOS/04/23/auto_theft_hot_spots/
 
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Ambition209 said:
glad modesto is finally out of the number 1 slot... down to 3 or something... i was kinda proud in a strange way that we were number 1 for a few years... damn tweakers out here... now its all about that copper recycling shit the cops focusing on that now out here.... vegas gonna start crackin down hella hard soon too on this......
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yup...im pretty sure alot of the cars that get stolen in the 209 is by tweakers either that or by them asians cuz they want the parts to build up their rice roccets.....


and they craccin down on that copper shit too.....now when they go to recycle that shit they gonna need to show ID and give details on where they got the copper from.......
 
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Gas One said:
your car? best worry bout yo head in vegas..

last i heard it was legal to have a licensed gun on the dashboard ofyour card in las vegas

is this still true/was ever true? i heard it from a family member a long time ago
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u can have a concealed weapon on u if u got the license for it, not sure if u can show it publicly, like the way u put it
 
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you can put a handgun on your dashboard and have a racc in your window for rifles in Arizona and Texas....i think Nevada is same.....
 
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