Rare phenomenon striking Aussies again

News.com.au - 17/04
Is your car still where you left it? For the last decade or so we have been able to be pretty confident about that. Car theft got rare. But just recently, the trend has turned.

Is your car still where you left it? For the last decade or so we have been able to be pretty confident about that. Car theft got rare. But just recently, the trend has turned.

The courts of Australia are more and more full of car thieves, as stealing cars becomes a phenomenon once again.

The next chart shows what I mean: the number of people in court for motor vehicle theft is at its highest level since the statistics began in 2010-11.

Joy-riders

We need to put that recent rise in context though. The bad old days were even worse.

I’ll never forget the time my housemate got his car stolen. I woke up to the sound of him ba...
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