MOST STOLEN CARS
1. Vauxhall Belmont
2. Vauxhall Astra Mk II
3. Ford Escort Mk III
4. Austin/Morris Metro
5. Vauxhall Nova
6. Ford Orion
7. Rover Metro
8. Austin/Morris Maestro
9. Austin/Morris Montego
10. Ford Fiesta Mk I, II and III
Based on number of thefts per 1,000 cars registered



They must be desperate joyriders! Having had the misfortune to drive a Maestro for a few years I can only pitty the poor idiots that nick of those cars FOR FUN!. Rather than sending them down why not just make them drive a more modern car. Suddenly driving any of the above would seem like hard work... It might even show the little scroats what they could buy if they got off their DSS-dependant Burberry'd arses......

Oh well, proper Chrimbo to one and all.....

How old is that list, you hardly see any of those cars on the road anymore! Vauxhall Belmont!

Maybe its because they are all lying crashed in ditches somewhere!

Are you sure this list is up to date ?
I also had a maestro once (mg of course!)
someone actually stole the engine while i was working away too bad it was already seized...... would have loved to of seen there face.

Just goes to prove that the jobless thieving scum dont have any ambition.

Maybe newer cars are that much harder to steal ie The intellect of joyriders isnt sufficient to overcome the modern security systems

Yup. That's the 2006 list!!! Hehehehe....

They were big sellers in their day so there are lots to be nicked and they are all old and so have door locks that can be opened with spoons and immobiliser-less ignitions that can be started with any old bit of wire.

Mostly, cars like this are nicked as a cheaper alternative to getting the bus home rather than to keep / sell / break for parts.

Cant remember seeing any of those round our way for ages, suppose they've all been nicked?

Guess there must be bugger all car theft around here... there aren't any of those cars any more!

Maybe saying that was tempting fate a little too much!

Cheers,
Jim

They still exist in largish numbers, mostly on the kind of estates most of us avoid. Used to live next door to ordsall in Salford (20 ish years ago). Lost a metro a couple of times as a taxi for the p*ssed and drugged, both times it was found in there with the engine still running. Plod brought it back both times before I knew it was gone.

Presumably when the run out and can't break into modern cars they will start car-jacking. Thus goes the law of unintended consequences.

"Based on number of thefts per 1,000 cars registered"

Do you think that means the number originally registered or currently registered as alive? If its just out of the ones that are left, its easy to see why its such a list of shame. I myself could nick any of those cars, not that i would be seen dead in them of course Or indeed nick anything at all... ahem.

http://www.ukstolencars.co.uk/top-stolen-cars-uk.php

My ford Orion was stolen and stripped for the part's, but that was 14years ago .

If car jacking is the next big thing think I 'd better get another Doberman

I'm quite suprised the mk2 golf isn't in there, 8 year olds could break into them without thinking too hard.

I suppose the other thing biasing that list towards older cars is time itself, it's been long enough now for most of them to have been nicked at least once in their lifetime

wow are the coppers still using vauxhall chervettes as panda cars,

The top off our drive and the beach down the road appear to be dumping grounds for stolen cars, to be honest I think there one up there just now!!

All are just run of the mill cars and its rare to see a little hatchback. Just looking at them you'd think 'bet that never had an alarm...'.

We quite often get people casing the place, very obvious. We have 'no entry' & 'private road' signs up so when someone crawls down at 2mph stops outside the house at the dead off night then drives down the drive to have a look at the next house...

I'm straight in the bluebird, hide and wait for them to pass by. Then I drive behind them with the lights off till their near the top of the drive. Then full beams plus the four driving lights and scare the sh%t out them!! You don't see them for dust!! well it cheers me up anyway...

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Originally posted by rusty nuts
If car jacking is the next big thing think I 'd better get another Doberman

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FROM THE HOME OFFICE

"Top ten stolen cars

22 December 2006

The Home Office Car Theft Index reveals the most stolen cars in 2005, and shows that the numbers of car thefts has plummeted.

According to the Car Theft Index released by the Home Office this week, the Vauxhall Belmont is the car most likely to be stolen in the UK.

Of the 5729 Belmonts on the road, 436 were stolen in 2005.

Other cars on the hot-list include the Ford Fiesta and Vauxhall Astra.

Overall, however, the number of cars stolen in England, Wales and Scotland dropped substantially in 2005 over the 2004 figures. The report indicates that 38,394 fewer vehicles were stolen in 2005 than in 2004, a drop of 16%.

Part of the reason for this appears to be improved anti-theft technology in newer models. In fact, statistics indicate that newer cars are much less likely to be stolen than older cars."


So about 8% of all Belmonts on the road have been stolen.