42 vehicles reported stolen in Antioch last week
Spiked in June to 100 motor vehicle thefts, on increasing trend
By Allen D. Payton
According to Antioch Police Public Information Liaison Sgt. Price Kendall on Tuesday, July 25, 2023, from July 6 through 22, there were 42 reported stolen vehicles from all parts of the city. Most of the vehicles that were stolen were Hyundai’s and Kia’s.
However, one of the vehicles reported stolen is a Buick LaCrosse owned by Antioch resident Jennifer Grey. According to an NBC Bay Area TV news report on Monday the theft occurred during her visit to a veterinarian.
In a post on her Facebook page on Monday, Grey shared photos of her car and wrote, “STOLEN!-SHARE-STOLEN! 2017 Buick LaCrosse PREMIUM all-wheel drive, only 27,000 miles on it, stolen from the parking lot at East Hills Veterinary Hospital in Antioch ca.on Buchanan on 7/21/23 at around 4:40 p.m. Blue ice metallic, blacked out windows and a small skull with blue reflective eyes on the rear window. It’s got deep butterscotch leather interior, 27,000 Mi on it, and little black reflective protectors on the inside where you open the door so you don’t scratch the door handle nook area . License plate TRUCKUR although plate is probably gone now. You will not see another car like this one around the Bay Area. The police and I happen to believe that this car will not be dismantled it will be sold so the likelihood of it traveling the Bay Area freeways is fairly great. If you see this car please call 911 Antioch ca. police immediately and give the above time and date information and then let me know. Thank you for your time and attention I really appreciate it.”
According to the Antioch Police 2023 Crime Statistics so far, this year, there have been 405 motor vehicle thefts through June. They averaged 61 per month through May then increased to 100 vehicle thefts in June.
The 2022 Crime Statistics show there were a total of 62 motor vehicle thefts in July 2022 and a 650 in the city last year. That was an increase over 2021 in which there were 552 vehicle thefts in Antioch, in 2020 when there were 573, as well as the 610 in 2019 and 602 in 2018.
The most vehicle thefts in the city in the past 10 years was in 2013 with 1,217, followed by 1,096 in 2021, 1,024 in 2015, 1,023 in 2014, 988 in 2017, and 2016 with 916 motor vehicle thefts.
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Jennifer Grey FB post of stolen car 072423
Antioch Police 2023 Crime Stats
APD 2022 Crime Stats
