The north dominates car crime hotspots

Manchester had the most car crimes per 1,000 cars according to a new study.

By: Dominik Wilde

Mar 3, 2020 at 5:40am ET

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Manchester is the area with the most car crime in Britain according to new figures from ChoseMyCar, while northern locations dominated the top-10 list of car crime hot spots, taking up half of the list.

Bradford also featured in the top three, while Liverpool, Bolton, and Hull also made the list. Manchester's average of 50.66 crimes per 1,000 cars was almost double that of second-highest Nottingham, which notched up 29.51 crimes per 1,000 cars.

The Midlands also featured prominently on the top-10 list, with Wolverhampton, Coventry, and Leicester all featuring.

UK towns and cities with the most car crime (no. of car crimes per 1,000 vehicles)

Manchester	50.66
Nottingham	29.51
Bradford	27.59
Wolverhampton	27.07
Northampton	25.97
Liverpool	25.95
Bolton	24.86
Coventry	22.24
Kingston upon Hull	22.13
Leicester	21.74

The statistics were almost the complete opposite for the towns and cities with the least car crime, with southern locations this time making up half of the list.

Luton had the lowest number of car crimes per 1,000 car with just over four, ahead of Plymouth and Belfast.

The north however did make the list still, with Leeds recording just 18.11 crimes per 1,000 cars.