In its most recent Hot Spots analysis, the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) reports a continuing trend of waning vehicle thefts on the national level.

The Des Plaines, Ill.-based organization will publish final numbers this fall but has already predicted that 2011 will show another consecutive year of declining vehicle thefts. Although four of the top 10 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) logged more thefts last year—an additional 925 collectively—the remaining six posted fewer by comparison—2,017 fewer, collectively.

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