Vehicle theft over the holidays

While many have a break from work over the holiday season, for car thieves, it’s busy season. According to the US-based National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), there’s no rest for the wicked in the holidays. Once again, New Year’s Day was the leading holiday for reported vehicle thefts in 2010, according to an analysis by NICB.  Christmas Day repeats as the holiday with the fewest reported vehicle thefts.

For the 11 holidays reviewed by NICB in 2010, a total of 20,995 vehicles were reported stolen

The holidays ranked by number of thefts reported to the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) in 2010 were:

1. New Year’s Day  (2,347)
2. Memorial Day  (2,122)
3. Halloween  (2,064)
4. Labor Day  (2,020)
5. New Year’s Eve  (1,986)
6. Christmas Eve  (1,928)
7. Independence Day  (1,914)
8. President’s Day  (1,903)
9. Valentine’s Day  (1,745)
10. Thanksgiving  (1,605)
11. Christmas Day  (1,361)

You might also be interested in: Canada’s top 10 stolen vehicles of 2011

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