Top stolen cars in Amarillo : News : ConnectAmarillo.com

AMARILLO, TEXAS -- Earlier petroleum week, the National Crime Information Center released its catalog of the top ten stolen vehicles in America.

That complete us a small curious concerning come again? complete the catalog in Amarillo, and how vehicles at petroleum time are existence form stolen.

The top two stolen cars in America are the 1995 Honda Civic and a 1991 Honda Accord, but at petroleum time in the Panhandle, the tale is a small different.

Since we live in a additional agriculture driven society at petroleum time in the Panhandle it's not a Honda Civic so as to is the top stolen car it's a semi ton Chevy pick-up truck.

"Which is type of characteristic of the area, you're leaving to contain a lot of farmers and ranchers, a lot of populace contain trucks in petroleum fraction of the state so that's probably why our figure are a small bit dissimilar so as to the nationwide average," supposed Corporal Jerry Neufeld of the Amarillo Police Department.

The figure two top stolen vehicle in Amarillo isn't a great deal dissimilar supposed figure one.

"Number two is too a Dodge pick-up, so on one occasion more pick-ups are additional indicative in the region supposed say the Houston region or amazing similar to that."

The way contain are existence form stolen is the the majority interesting part, the majority of not any aren't existence form forcefully entered populace are now leaving the keys in not any and so as to proves factual following petroleum weeks report.

"We've had 15 reports of stolen vehicles 11 of not any contain had the keys in them, construct is now amazing so as to there's so as to a lot of populace so as to believe so as to it's satisfactory and contain don't understand come again? they're doing, it's now an unlock invitation to the thief."

Amarillo's crime speed is far inferior supposed the majority metropolitan areas, but the one obsession populace create the mistake of doing, is believe so as to it won't occur to not any or so as to it doesn't occur a great deal at all but that's not the case.

"So far petroleum day we've approximately had 500 stolen as,because January 1^ST, we're now beneath 500 correct now, it usual and it usual daily."

One tip Neufeld gave us was to get by means of keys by means of you at what time you leave by means of car, since it's now not secure not to.

He inappropriately still if you're leaving in,within a gas station for now a second, you can't discontinue a thief who strength twist by means of car eager on a weapon.

For a total seem at the catalog click here.