Tulsa ocupa el décimo lugar en robo de vehículos en US

El crimen en los EE.UU. ha tenido una tendencia a la baja desde principios de la década de 1990, y nuevos datos de la universidad de Pensilvania sugieren que el COVID-19 ha provocado que estas cifras caigan aún más en las ciudades más grandes del país.

Crime in the U.S. has trended downward since the early 1990s, and new data from the University of Pennsylvania suggests that COVID19 has caused these numbers to drop even further across the nation’s largest cities. Since the onset of the pandemic, property crime, violent crime, and drug crime all experienced double-digit percentage declines when compared to averages over the previous five year period—a trend attributed to more residents staying home.

Despite sharp decreases in overall crime this year, car thefts rose dramatically in certain cities. Nearly 750,000 vehicles (or 228 per 100,000 residents) are stolen in the U.S. each year, representing a loss of about $6 billion annually. While car theft rates have long trended downward alongside overall crime rates, there appears to be a divergence amid the pandemic. This could be due to high unemployment rates combined with drivers not checking in on their parked vehicles as frequently.

The analysis found that in Tulsa, 3,251 motor vehicles were stolen on average per year over the past three years, amounting to 809 per 100k people per year. The national rate was 228 thefts per 100k people per year. Of the 150 largest cities in the United States, Tulsa, OK has the 10th highest vehicle theft rate.

Car thefts vary significantly on a geographic level. At the state level, Alaska and New Mexico have historically reported the highest motor vehicle theft rates, at 495 and 488 car thefts per 100,000 people, respectively, over the past three years. In general, Western states report higher rates of motor vehicle theft than those in the Northeast or Midwest. Vermont and Maine boast the lowest car theft rates in the country at just 57 and 42 thefts per 100,000 people.