Here are the four cars most at risk of having parts stolen in street by 'cannibal' thieves – is YOURS on the list
And the courtesy car provider is no longer willing to provide another replacement because the area is deemed too unsafe, according to Mr Aldridge.
He said: "We’re fed up with it happening, and people are doing it because they are getting away with it." West Midlands police and crime commissioner Simon Foster has advised motorists to use full steering-wheel locks and Faraday pouches to store car keys at home.West Midlands Police say since last September they have raided 22 so-called "chop shops" - illegal garages where stolen cars are taken to be cut up and sold for parts.Det Supt Jim Munro, head of West Midlands Police's vehicle crime task force, said: "It's a shift in offending.
"Here in the West Midlands we saw the cannibalism spike first, but it was as a result of the good work we've done in the chop shops.Some 212,900 victims had items stolen from the vehicles last year, according to the Office for National Statistics - up ten per cent on 2021.
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