43 Vehicle Thefts in DC in First 3 Days of 2024

[Anonymous]

What is going to happen to insurance rates?!!! Anyone work in insurance and care to speculate?

There were 7,000 cars stolen in DC in 2023, are we going to outpace that? Unlike the suburbs, it's not super common to have lockable garages in DC and historically people do a lot of street parking.

I don't see where wheel and rim theft is tracked but that is also up significantly throughout DMV.

Korean cars have become very difficult to insure for any price, so insurance companies do react to trends.

[Anonymous]

Shhhhh. There is nothing to see here. If you don’t tell, then I won’t tell the insurance companies.

[Anonymous]

Sorry for the dumb question but what happens to the majority of the stolen cars? Are they dumped somewhere? Damaged? Stripped for parts?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is going to happen to insurance rates?!!! Anyone work in insurance and care to speculate?

There were 7,000 cars stolen in DC in 2023, are we going to outpace that? Unlike the suburbs, it's not super common to have lockable garages in DC and historically people do a lot of street parking.

I don't see where wheel and rim theft is tracked but that is also up significantly throughout DMV.

Korean cars have become very difficult to insure for any price, so insurance companies do react to trends.

At this rate, we're looking at only 5000 cars stolen this year. Better than last year!

[Anonymous]

The bike lane urbanists who run this town are secretly smiling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry for the dumb question but what happens to the majority of the stolen cars? Are they dumped somewhere? Damaged? Stripped for parts?

Used as transporation to commit other crimes. This way, getting the license plate of the getaway car is useless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The bike lane urbanists who run this town are secretly smiling.

A real effort post here. /s

[Anonymous]

Stolen car? This is a carjacking:

On New Year’s Day, Jessie Sethi and her husband had just gotten off a train at Union Station, and had loaded their luggage into the trunk of a Lyft.

“I touched the car, and all of a sudden I feel the car moving, and the Lyft driver screaming ‘hey, hey, that’s my car,'” Sethi told NBC Washington.

https://wtop.com/local/2024/01/more-than-50-cars-stolen-in-dc-in-first-few-days-of-2024-police-says/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Shhhhh. There is nothing to see here. If you don’t tell, then I won’t tell the insurance companies.

They know.

They always know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stolen car? This is a carjacking:

On New Year’s Day, Jessie Sethi and her husband had just gotten off a train at Union Station, and had loaded their luggage into the trunk of a Lyft.

“I touched the car, and all of a sudden I feel the car moving, and the Lyft driver screaming ‘hey, hey, that’s my car,'” Sethi told NBC Washington.

https://wtop.com/local/2024/01/more-than-50-cars-stolen-in-dc-in-first-few-days-of-2024-police-says/

I don’t understand why people can’t simply de-escalate these situations and simply reason with these so-called car-jackers ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stolen car? This is a carjacking:

On New Year’s Day, Jessie Sethi and her husband had just gotten off a train at Union Station, and had loaded their luggage into the trunk of a Lyft.

“I touched the car, and all of a sudden I feel the car moving, and the Lyft driver screaming ‘hey, hey, that’s my car,'” Sethi told NBC Washington.

https://wtop.com/local/2024/01/more-than-50-cars-stolen-in-dc-in-first-few-days-of-2024-police-says/

UUV - unauthorized use of vehicle

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Shhhhh. There is nothing to see here. If you don’t tell, then I won’t tell the insurance companies.

Lol, watching their cash will always trump gaslighting activists.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stolen car? This is a carjacking:

On New Year’s Day, Jessie Sethi and her husband had just gotten off a train at Union Station, and had loaded their luggage into the trunk of a Lyft.

“I touched the car, and all of a sudden I feel the car moving, and the Lyft driver screaming ‘hey, hey, that’s my car,'” Sethi told NBC Washington.

https://wtop.com/local/2024/01/more-than-50-cars-stolen-in-dc-in-first-few-days-of-2024-police-says/

UUV - unauthorized use of vehicle

I think they are under pressure politically, a lot of incidents that seem to fall under carjacking are termed UUU. Important to look at both numbers, 7,000 cars were stolen in DC in 2023, with an additional almost 1,000 carjacked. DC is not that big. Imo stolen wheels and rims should also be a public number. More insurance costs and costs that hit working people and families.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry for the dumb question but what happens to the majority of the stolen cars? Are they dumped somewhere? Damaged? Stripped for parts?

Used as transporation to commit other crimes. This way, getting the license plate of the getaway car is useless.

Quite a few are shipped out of the Port of Baltimore for resale in Africa. There was a recent news story on it that should come up in Google. That has been going on a long time, volume has increased.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry for the dumb question but what happens to the majority of the stolen cars? Are they dumped somewhere? Damaged? Stripped for parts?

Used as transporation to commit other crimes. This way, getting the license plate of the getaway car is useless.

Quite a few are shipped out of the Port of Baltimore for resale in Africa. There was a recent news story on it that should come up in Google. That has been going on a long time, volume has increased.

Correct: stolen cars are re-sold in Africa and the Middle East.