A recent FBI report claims Connecticut residents were ripped off by over $600 million in property crimes from 2020 to 2022, more than half of which can be attributed to car thefts. In this report, the numbers for Greenwich in all categories of crime are rising.
Local authorities are urging the public to stay vigilant as car thefts rise across the state. "It's alarming," Westport's Joanne Kabak says. "It's a societal issue that needs to be addressed."
"The odds that your car's going to get stolen are much higher now than they were four or five years ago," associate professor of criminal justice Mike Lawlor says.
"We've said it a lot, but lock your cars. Take your key fob inside because the next thing you know, they're getting in your car and pushing your garage door opener that's in your car, and now we have something that's more serious than just your car being stolen," he says.