Vehicle theft spiked in 2020, according to a new report that suggests a variety of reasons for the increase, including the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic causing Americans to leave their cars unattended for longer than usual.
Thieves stole 880,595 vehicles in the U.S. in 2020, up 10.9 percent from 2019, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), which represents insurance companies.
"We haven't seen this kind of a stark increase ... in the last 30 years," said NICB CEO David Glawe.
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