MoCo on pace for another record year of carjackings

[Anonymous]

SOURCE: https://moco360.media/2023/08/15/montgomery-county-on-pace-for-another-record-year-of-carjackings/

Montgomery County suffered 49 carjackings from January through March in, a record-high for the first quarter of the year, according to Data Montgomery. The highest first-quarter number previously eighteen, in 2021.

The frequency of incidents since then has fallen, but the county is on track to count a record number of carjackings for the sixth year running. Montgomery County saw eight carjackings in 2017, which grew to 80 last year; the figure for 2023 already stands at 74, according to Data Montgomery.

[Anonymous]

The national economy is rough. Surely an increase in crime isn't limited to MoCo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The national economy is rough. Surely an increase in crime isn't limited to MoCo.

I think you should bother to read the article before commenting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The national economy is rough. Surely an increase in crime isn't limited to MoCo.

I think you should bother to read the article before commenting.

Where are national trends mentioned in the article? I'll wait.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The national economy is rough. Surely an increase in crime isn't limited to MoCo.

I think you should bother to read the article before commenting.

Where are national trends mentioned in the article? I'll wait.

The article goes into depth about how MoCo compares to nearby jurisdictions to compare and contrast how MoCo's carjacking rates look in comparison:

The entire Washington, D.C. region has seen a similar trend over time; The Washington Post reported in June that D.C. and its surrounding counties saw carjackings increase from about 200 in 2018 to more than 1,000 by the end of last year.

This year, though, has seen a divergence. While Fairfax County, Virginia, and Prince George’s County have seen no increase this year over last year, 2023 will most likely be a record year for carjackings in both Montgomery County and Washington, D.C.—the 485 carjackings the district recorded last year have already been eclipsed by 606 so far this year.

In Montgomery County and elsewhere, teenagers—particularly groups of teens—have become the most frequent suspects in carjackings, a phenomenon also seen in a recent trend in car thefts. (Carjackings include violence or the threat of violence; car thefts do not.)

The 49 carjackings in the first quarter of this year were particularly alarming to local officials and residents.

So your question about whether the trend was limited to MoCo or not was covered in the article if you would have bothered to read it. But you didn't.