10 worst cities in England and Wales for car crime
Our car crime census data provides useful insights into the cars criminals love and hate as well as the locations which are most vulnerable. We’ve crunched the numbers and worked out which ten cities across the UK are the worst for car crime of all types specificed in our data, whether it’s theft of a motor vehicle, theft from a motor vehicle, criminal damage or interfering with a motor vehicle.
The number shown is the rate per 10,000 vehicles registered for that particular town. Unfortunately we couldn't include Scotland in this list due to insufficient available data. Click through the gallery below to see the rundown.
See also: Top 10 Cars Stolen to order / Top 10 Most Stolen Cars
Cardiff – 285 per 10,000 vehicles
Wales is generally a fairly sparsely populated country and consequently most areas have a low crime rate, but, as is the case all over, the built up places are more at risk thanks to the increased number of cars registered, along with a higher number of visiting people commuting to work and visiting shopping areas. This is the case with Cardiff, though the bottom of this list features towns with rates that aren’t massively above the urban average.
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