Car Crime Census 2013: Top 10 highest rate of theft by manufacturer
Some manufacturers seem to attract criminals more than others. Identifying why that is the case is rather difficult because it depends on such a broad number of factors – some marques are popular in international markets and so are stolen to order and shipped abroad, while other cars are stolen simply because they are old and easy targets.
Another potential cause for a high theft rate is the vehicles’ origin. If a car was manufactured for a market with less stringent security laws and guidelines – like Japan – before being imported to the UK then it will bring its poorer security systems with it, making it an easy target. That affects older Japanese cars and those that either wern't officially imported into the UK (grey imports such as the Mitsubishi Pajero) or were sold before engine immobilisers became compulsory in 1998.
Click through the list below to see which manufacturers thieves like the most. This list covers theft of a vehicle and is ranked by offences per 10,000 vehicles.
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See also: Top 10 Cars Stolen to order / Top 10 Most Stolen Cars
Ford – 28 thefts per 10,000 cars
Ford is the bestselling car maker in the UK and if this list was ranked by the total number of examples stolen it would be higher up the list. However to keep the list comparative we've listed manufacturers by the theft rate per 10,000 vehicles. By that system Ford is fairly average for all manufacturers but it still appears in the overall top ten regardless.
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