HPD investigators and ABC13 crime tracker data breaks down auto theft trends Houston Crime HEAD TOPICS
HPD investigators and ABC13 crime tracker data breaks down auto theft trends
10/21/2022 7:00:00 AM Thieves are stealing cars more often and they' re targeting some specific parts of town to commit their crimes
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Thieves are stealing cars more often, and they're targeting some specific parts of town to commit their crimes. Thieves are stealing cars more often, and they're targeting some specific parts of town to commit their crimes. ABC13's Crime Tracker is revealing a troubling trend in Houston. Over the last 12 months thieves have been stealing cars more often, targeting some specific parts of town to commit their crimes.Houston Police Department investigators were at a conference to learn and share information about the trends in auto theft on Thursday. It is a big problem for Houstonians. In 2019, there were about 13,600 cars reported stolen. Fast forward to the last 12 months, the number of stolen cars spiked to around 17,300. That is an average of 334 stolen cars every week."People don't realize it's never going away," Sgt. Tracy Hicks said. Read more:
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'Black Adam' stars Dwayne Johnson, Aldis Hodge, Pierce Brosnan, Noah Centineo, and Quintessa Swindell raise a super-powered toast to their new DC film. Read more >> Who giving them money for the car parts is the question...they sure not our here stealing it for nothing. Police should have a task force for this just as they do for other things I’m not shocked 334 cars a week stolen! On my Next Door there seems to be one a week many caught on camera but never found by police Multi-vehicle crash shuts down all lanes on I-10 East Freeway, HPD saysA multi-vehicle crash has blocked all lanes on the I-10 East Freeway Wednesday morning, according the Houston Police Department. ‘It Was Horror’: Liberated Ukrainians Share Tales of OccupationUkraine’s recapture of much of the Kharkiv region is revealing what life was like under Russian military occupation. 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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- ABC13's Crime Tracker is revealing a troubling trend in Houston.The crash was reported at 9:05 a.The E.On the ground: Bloodied Ukrainian soldiers get field medicine in Bakhmut, on the eastern front line. Over the last 12 months thieves have been stealing cars more often, targeting some specific parts of town to commit their crimes. Houston Police Department investigators were at a conference to learn and share information about the trends in auto theft on Thursday. on the East Freeway at Dell Dale Boulevard. It is a big problem for Houstonians. “Men screaming so hard I cannot describe it enough,” she said, weeping. In 2019, there were about 13,600 cars reported stolen. The cause of the collision is unknown. Fast forward to the last 12 months, the number of stolen cars spiked to around 17,300.” There was another element to her persecution that was petty and vengeful. That is an average of 334 stolen cars every week. Drivers are asked to reroute and to expect delays.” There was another element to her persecution that was petty and vengeful. "People don't realize it's never going away," Sgt. Tracy Hicks said. I-10 East Freeway (westbound) @ Dell Dale, vehicle crash has all lanes currently blocked. Hicks has worked in the department's auto theft division for more than 16 years and said the numbers do not surprise him. The second time they searched her house, the Russians spray-painted the letter Z — a symbol of the Russian occupying force — on every wall and door, including the interior of the refrigerator, and attacked her husband’s car with an ax and gunfire. He believes the increase in auto theft is linked to the increase in violent crime.. Image Prisoners were kept in Soviet-era cells at the Balakliya police station. "Auto thefts kind of get pushed to the back, as far as the seriousness of it, but it is very serious," Sgt. Hicks said. Another resident of Balakliya, Serhii, 30, a lumberjack, was detained by Russian soldiers in the woods near his house while he was out walking the dogs with his brother and a friend. "We can prevent or make cars less stealable (sic), so then are we, in fact, helping out with the other major crimes that happen using a stolen car?" The top five areas for car theft over the last 12 months tend to have large shopping areas, large parking lots, or border the airports. Here are numbers of reported car thefts for the top five areas targeted for auto theft over last 12 months: -Almeda Mall, Southridge, Edgebrook, South Houston Gardens - 520 -Northwest Mall, Brookhollow, White Oak Acres, Oak Forest, Langwood - 412 -Southwest Memorial Hospital, Burnett Bayland Park, Westmoreland - 399 -NRG Park, Plaza del Oro - 381 -Fourth Ward, Avondale - 369 Crime Tracker also reveals where the number of reported auto thefts are increasing the most over the last 12 months. Two areas saw an increase of around 300% compared to 2019. “They were asking questions that we did not have the answers to.” Then at 3 a. -Galleria, Post Oak, Tanglewood, Riverway - 344 -Cherryhurst, Mandell Place, Montrose - 201 Sgt. Hicks said people also need to be aware of the type of vehicles thieves are targeting. "I tell people, if you have a 2017 or newer Chevy vehicle or GMC vehicle, you have to do something extra. they were taken into the forest, made to dig a trench and put through a mock execution." Regardless of what you drive, he advised against flashy upgrades and suggested using alarm systems and trackers. "We have to harden our targets. Investigators reopening police stations all over the recaptured territory have discovered hundreds of men and women with similar tales: beaten and tortured on accusations of serving in the Ukrainian Army, of having relatives in the army or of simply being pro-Ukrainian. Each neighborhood. Investigators reopening police stations all over the recaptured territory have discovered hundreds of men and women with similar tales: beaten and tortured on accusations of serving in the Ukrainian Army, of having relatives in the army or of simply being pro-Ukrainian... When crooks come into a neighborhood, if they don't make any money there, they aren't going to go there," Hicks said. Image Russian troops used a summer camp as a base. For updates on this story, follow Briana Conner on . His accusers were all local men who had landed jobs with the new pro-Russian administration, and one of them had a longstanding dispute with him, Mr.