Top Ten for car theft

[Satch]

Over the past three years, per Norwich Union:

Top 10 High Value Cars Reported Stolen:

Mercedes ML
Range Rover
BMW 3 Series
Porsche 911
BMW 5 Series
Jaguar XJ6
Audi A3
Landrover Discovery
Mercedes SLK
BMW X5

Top Ten UK Car Crime Hotspots

Sheffield
Grimsby
Hull
Leeds
Middlesborough
Bradford
Manchester
Greys, East London
Nottingham
Doncaster

Not much fun to be an M class owner in Sheffield then.

 

[marcos]

I've been told by my insurance company that I have to have a Tracker fitted. Now I know why.
Luckily I don't live in Sheffield, otherwise I'd have to have a small pack of Rottweillers attatched to the car too

 

[scumbag]

insure your car with a different insurer and you will find that sheffield isnt the worst place to be.

 

[190cossie]

Iv been to sheffield a little while ago and its not a very friendly place............looks kinda dodgy

 

[Shude]

Sheffield eh?

Postcode check:

S Sheffield
1-3, 5, 7-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Refer
4, 9, 11, 13-14, 60-61 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F *
6, 10, 12, 20, 35-36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E *
17, 21, 25-26, 63, 70-71 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D*
18, 32-33, 41, 43, 62, 64-66, 72-75, 80-81 . C
40, 42, 45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B
44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A

http://www.mbclub.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=5968

 

[SEM]

all but 1 above the midlands?? i'm moving to Devon!

 

[glojo]

all but 1 above the midlands?? i'm moving to Devon!

Hmmmm credit checks, health checks, money in the bank, references etc etc

John

 

[television]

all but 1 above the midlands?? i'm moving to Devon!

Good its great down here, sun shines all day,every day, no crime, no roads either,but that's a small consulation.

malcolm

 

[Seamster15]

Wish I had gone up north more often now in the ML....... might have saved me a few ££££ !

 

[BimMerc]

Funny then that Norwich Union has big offices in Sheffield the robbing scumbags. I got better cover with direct line for HALF the price of NU on renewal after had been with them 5 years. I have never claimed on the insurance either.

 

[Flash]

To be fair I found Norwich Union (before they increased their premiums) to be very good and they used to at one point offer best cover for the least money!!! When ever my car would be at the Stealer/garage my coveer allowed me to be automatically be fully comp insured on ANY courtesy car I was given FOC for a period of 7 days maximum at a time without having to inform them. Cus Services was also very good. Policy excess was only £100 as well back then. Now NU are expensive though.

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

Now NU are expensive though.

Dave from the Royle Family doesn't come cheap you know.

Nanna was their first choice for the adverts but she was too expensive.

 

[NW_Merc]

Yay liverpool isnt there (steady..... no scouser jokes)......

:bannana:

 

[Flash]

Yay liverpool isnt there (steady..... no scouser jokes)......

:bannana:

"Hey... calm down calm down..."

Thats because there are no more cars left in Liverpool to steal now...!

 

[Satch]

Well, per the Home Office the top 10 cars reported stolen in 2005 were

Vauxhall Belmont
Vauxhall Astra Mk2
Ford Escort Mk3
Austin/Morris Metro
Vauxhall Nova
Ford Orion
Rover Metro
Austin/Morris Maestro
Austin/Morris Montego
Ford Fiesta Mks1, 2 and 3

I have to ask this. Why would anybody want to steal a Maestro or a Montego?

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/documents/CarTheft_Index_2006.pdf?view=Binary

 

[Iain]

I take my car to Liverpool so that it can visit it's hubcaps!