Any car can be a target - from luxury cars, sports cars, to small economical cars to trucks. Dusk to mid-evening are peak hours for auto theft. Over half of all automobiles are stolen from shopping areas. Some special danger areas are shopping plazas, parking lots at sports events and transportation terminals.
Auto theft is a widespread problem.
Nationally, car theft rates have been rising in recent years, especially in smaller cities and rural areas. Vehicle Theft Is A Big Problem 1. One car is stolen every 19 seconds in the United States. That s less time than it takes most people to unlock their car, put on their seat belt and start the engine. In fact, if auto theft were a legitimate business in the United States it would rank 50th among the Fortune 500 companies.