Police data for 2021 in everything related to vehicle theft and smuggling of weapons confirm what senior police officials repeatedly claim in closed conversations: The separation fence between Israel and the Palestinian Authority is "perforated like Swiss cheese", and therefore no longer deters hostile activity such as vehicle theft into the PA And smuggling weapons into Israel.
According to official police data, in 2021 there was a significant increase of 22.4% in the number of stolen vehicles: 12,135 compared to 9,913 vehicles stolen in 2019. Today "a senior police officer.
According to him, in the face of the collapse of the Palestinian enforcement mechanisms, the "second-hand" phenomenon of the sale of stolen Israeli vehicles in their entirety is expanding in the territories of the PA.
It should be noted that in recent years there has generally been a steady decline in the field of vehicle theft.
The Blade 433 Challenge Unit, which is leading the fight against theft, was established in 2006, in which about 33,000 vehicles were stolen each year.
In the last three years, more than 100 suspects in the field of vehicle crime have been arrested and 75 have been detained until the end of the proceedings.
In 2020, the year of the corona, there was a dramatic decrease in the number of stolen vehicles, but a police source in the unit told Israel Today yesterday that starting in June 2021, there was a significant increase in the number of thefts.
The increase is attributed, as in almost all areas of life, to the corona epidemic, which affected the rise in new vehicle prices and caused a shortage of spare parts.
"Stolen - then to the territories"
In the Central District, 4,181 vehicles were stolen - an increase of 40%, in the Southern District 1,853 - an increase of 10%, and in the Tel Aviv District 2,593 - an increase of 32%, of which 1,178 are two-wheelers.
In the Hof district, 1,178 were stolen - an increase of 17%, in the northern district 434 - an increase of 1%, and in the Jerusalem district there was actually a decrease of 1% - and the number of stolen vehicles is 1,156.
According to the police, in everything related to vehicle theft, there is cooperation between Israeli Arabs and Palestinians in the territories.
The Sharon region has been suffering from a plague of thefts in recent months, along with the city of Petah Tikva and its surroundings, which have suffered a plague of thefts by a squad of car thieves who operated in the area and were apprehended.
Modi'in and Kfar Saba also suffer from a plague of thefts, as do localities near the seam line.
The Southern District (Negev region) deals with most of the phenomenon.
"Most of the stolen vehicles move into the territories," says the senior officer.
According to him, most of the stolen vehicles still return after dismantling to Israeli roads.
The police also point out that more and more Israelis prefer to risk themselves and repair their vehicles in the territories.
It so happens that many vehicles move on roads without proper airbags and in others the engines of stolen vehicles are installed.
Inspector Noa Lee-On, a research officer in the Challenge Unit at Lahav 433, adds: "We consider the issue of a repair ban in the territories one of the factors leading to a significant increase in car thefts. Once an Israeli enters the territories to repair his vehicle, he saves money but endangers himself and Vehicle safety and causes the phenomenon to increase. "
Cases opened for vehicle thefts in 2021:
Jerusalem 1174
Tel Aviv 1172
Haifa 339
Rishon 366
Ashdod 119
Petah Tikva 841
Beer Sheva 741
Netanya 547
Holon 341
Bnei Brak 98
Ramat Gan 332
Bat Yam 256
Rehovot 136
Ashkelon 107
Beit Shemesh 71
Herzliya 209
Kfar Saba 394
Hadera 223
Modiin Maccabim Reut 242
Nazareth 20
Lod 111
Raanana 131
Ramla 193
Rahat 31
Givatayim 113
Modi'in Elite 10
Nahariya 12
Kiryat Ata 52
Hod Hasharon 204
Umm al-Fahm 44
Kiryat Gat 133
Eilat 27
Acre 18
Carmiel 14
Ramat Hasharon 84
Ness Ziona 53
Beitar Elite 10
Tiberias 11
Afula 84
Elad 34
Nazareth Illit 47
Rosh HaAyin 157
Kiryat Motzkin 24
Shefar'am 11
Kiryat Yam 11
Kiryat Bialik 36
Taibeh 47
Ma'ale Adumim 18
Or Yehuda 111
Pardes Hanna Karkur 99
Kiryat Ono 91
Yavne 59
Dimona 46
Safed 6
Tamra 17
Netivot 10
Yehud Monson 60
Sakhnin 13
Baqa al-Gharbiya 16
Gedera 28
Ofakim 25
Mevaseret Zion 38
Migdal Haemek 18
Arad 24
Tira 44
Givat Shmuel 40
Nesher 43
Kiryat Shmona 4
Araba 6
Sderot 31
Kiryat Malachi 22
Kfar Qassem 42
Arara 13
Maalot Tarshiha 7
Zichron Yaacov 9
Magar 3
Gan Yavne 22
Yokneam Illit 32
Kalenswa - 26
Kfar Kanna - 6
Kfar Yona - 107
Jadeida Makr 9
Shoham 30
Tirat Carmel 8
Ariel 24
Kadima Tzoran - 40
Kfar Manda 5
Yafia 5
Ksifa-8
Hura 8
Kiryat Tivon 33
Beit She'an 6
Tel Sheva 20
Kfar Qara 6
Beer Yaakov 38
Or Akiva 19
Daliat al-Carmel 6
Reina 1
Yarka 7
Ganei Tikva 92
Arara 6
Majd al-Krum 3
Binyamina-Givat Ada 45
Ma'ale Iron 6
C Sir a-Zarqa 2
Givat Ze'ev 11
Iksal - 4
Turan 5
Kabul 2
Abu Sanan 4
Even Yehuda - 38
Ibelin 4
Puridis 4
Ein Mahel 2
Nahaf 2
Area 12
Beit Jen 3
Asfiya 6
Deir al-Assad 0
Tel Mond 18
Jat 4
Mazkeret Batya 15
Kiryat Ekron 23
Lakia 7
Majdal Shams 1
Ridges 4
Dvoriya 4
Dyer Hanna 2
Kochav Yair 13
Kfar Yassif 8
Jaljulia 16
Hatzor HaGlilit 4
Yeruham 31
Bu'ayina Nujidat 2
Segev-Shalom 9
Bir al-Maksur 0
Efrat 1
Kiryat Arba 3
Ba'ana - 3
Alfei Menashe 17
Mashhad 0
Rama 1
Ramat Yishai 3
Oranit 4
Omer 52
Ilut 1
Basmat Tivon 1
Beit Dagan 2
Bnei Ayish 3
Zarzir 2
Meitar 48
Katzrin 1
Tzur Hadassah 158
Karnei Shomron 6
Abu Ghosh 7
Kochav Yaakov 39
Lehavim 39
Shlomi 1
Buqata 1
Singer 10
Atlit 33
Yanuah-Jat 1
Tuba Zangaria 4
Beit El 6
Kfar Vradim 0
Bat Hefer 117
Pardesiya 3
Shibli - Umm al-Ghanem 3
Kfar Chabad 16
Eilabun 1
Shaarei Tikva 19
Mitzpe Ramon 23
Geva Binyamin 39
Kabiya Tabash-Hajajara 1
Caesarea 33
Kedumim 2
Yavneel 1
Yad Binyamin 6
Kiryat Ya'arim 1
Matan 77
Kfar Adumim 39
Ali 39
Ofra 39
Mukaybala 29
Savyon 12
Tzur Moshe 59
Elyakhin 14
Talmon 39
Bir HaDaj 5
Mi'ilya 1
Kawkab Abu al-Hija 2
Kfar Bara 3
Alon Shvut 6
Al Sayed 15
Emanuel 4
Jash 2
Misgav Regional Council 10
Shilo 39
Nofit 8
Avtin 8
Kfar HaOranim 39
Mateh Yehuda
Regional Council 158 Emek Yisrael
Regional Council 23 Mate Asher
Regional Council 7 Kassum Regional Council 15
Mateh Binyamin
Regional Council 39 Givat Brenner
Regional Council 18 Gilboa Regional Council 21
Hevel Yavneh Regional Council 8
Modiin Hevel Regional
Council 109 Gush Regional Council Etzion 6
Harish 38
Carrot Regional Council 69
Shafir Regional
Council 81 Upper Galilee Regional Council 3
Merom Hagalil
Regional Council 4 Lower Galilee Regional Council 2
Merhavim Regional
Council 73 Lev Hasharon Regional Council 59
Emek Hefer
Regional Council 117 Southern Sharon
Regional Council 77 Hof Hasharon
Regional Council 40 Sdot Negev Regional Council 30
Regional Council Samaria 19
Beer Tuvia
Regional Council 86 Lod Valley Regional
Council 16 Menashe Regional
Council 51 Ashkelon Beach Regional
Council 47 Hof Hacarmel Regional Council 33
Yesod HaMaala 3
Kidron 18
Ramat Negev Regional Council 15
Zevulun Regional Council 8
Jordan Valley Regional
Council 3 Nahal Sorek Regional Council 6
Megiddo Regional Council 18
Gan Raveh Regional Council 12
Shafir Regional
Council 81 Lod Valley Regional
Council 16 Bnei Shimon
Regional Council 34 Golan Regional Council 5
Yoav Regional
Council 61 Neve Midbar
Regional Council 5 Megiddo Regional Council 18
Merhavim
Regional Council 73 Lachish Regional Council 73
Ma'ale Ephraim 2
Eshkol Regional
Council 13 Emek HaMa'ainot Regional Council 5
Menashe Regional
Council 51 Gederot Regional
Council 10 Eshkol Regional
Council 13 Er Hanegev
Regional Council 17 Tamar Regional
Council 4 Emek HaMaainot
Regional Council 5 Dead Sea Scrolls Regional Council 5
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