Bradford, Leeds & Manchester Prominent In Car Crime Hotspots Tables

Monday, 31 October 2016 11:00

The UK’s capital city is ranked as the car crime and road safety hotspot, according to the latest analysis from Rias but Bradford and Leeds come second and third respectively.

The latest insight, which combines 2016 police data with claims data and consumer research, shows that whilst London doesn’t have the highest level of car crime in the UK, when combined with car vandalism and people’s perception of road safety in their area, it tops the list for car crime and road safety concern with Bradford and Leeds coming second and third in the list overall.

Manchester is revealed as having the actual highest UK level of car crime, showing the Northern city as having the highest number of car crimes per 10,000 registered cars in the area at 198. Bradford came second with 176 per 10,000 registered cars. Bradford topped the list in terms of the highest percentage of people who think their roads are unsafe. Bradford motorists cite local drivers ignoring the speed limits (54%) as the most prominent reason for the city being considered an unsafe place to drive.

In contrast, people are four times less likely to suffer from car crime in Glasgow compared with Manchester (48 versus 198 per 10,000 cars), which is the safest city for car crime out of the top 10 most populated cities in the UK.

Rias also undertook further research to find out people’s perceptions of the clocks going back and impact on street crime and car theft. As a result of the nights getting darker earlier, almost one quarter (24%) felt there would be a negative effect on street crime, and just over a fifth (21%) believed there would be the same effect on car thefts.

Adam Clarke, Managing Director at Rias said “People should always be mindful of crime in their city, town or village and not get complacent even the crime rate is low.”

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