NU Online News Service, May 18, 1:15 p.m. EDT
|U.S. auto thefts declined in 2009 for the sixth consecutiveyear, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB).
|The NICB said it compiled the data from the National CrimeInformation Center.
|Citing Federal Bureau of Investigation data, the NICB said autothefts dropped 18.7 percent in the first six months of 2009compared to the same period in 2008.
|Laredo, Texas topped the NICB's 2009 list as the city with thehighest auto theft rate.
|Laredo, which borders Mexico, ranked second behind Modesto,Calif. in 2008, according to the NICB.
|For 2009, the NICB ranked Modesto second, followed byBakersfield, Calif.; Stockton, Calif.; and Fresno, Calif.
|Fresno jumped five spots from tenth in 2008.
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