Car Crime Census 2013: Top 10 Bangers targeted by criminals
If you’re motoring on a budget then you’ll probably end up with an older car that’s lacking in security equipment. Not only that, but you’ll need to perform a few upgrades to keep up with modern cars – things like aftermarket audio systems and satellite navigation. All of those things combine to make easy targets for opportunists out to make a quick few pounds – so it’s the more important to be careful.
Click through the gallery below to see which older cars are the biggest targets for criminals. The number shown is the overall offence rate per 10,000 vehicles, to keep things comparative. For this top ten we’re looking at overall offences, including criminal damage, thefts and criminals breaking in to take things. We’ve applied a filter so the results shown are for cars of which more than 1000 are registered and on the road.
See also: Top 10 Cars Stolen to order / Top 10 Most Stolen Cars
Rover Metro - 236 per 10,000 cars
Metros, even those built in the 1990s, have underpinnings from the early 1980s. That means plenty of vulnerabilities, even in later cars – and lots of areas that need improving with additional gear like aftermarket stereos and sat navs. Those factors come together and give a fairly likely reason for the Metro’s appearance in this list. The number of Metros on UK roads is falling as they’re scrapped or written off but at the moment they’re fairly common and they’re very cheap.
Add a comment