One in four bike thefts happens in WA
National motorcycle thefts rise by 7.3 per cent to 8746Western Australia has maintained its reputation as our bike theft hotspot, according to the latest data from the National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council.
Australia’s western-most state houses just on 10 per cent of our population but accounts for almost a quarter (2105) of the 8746 motorbike thefts reported in 2018.
That total number is around seven per cent up on the 2017 figure of 8149 missing machines around the country and represents a sizable chunk of the 53,564 motor vehicles stolen last year.
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Victoria came close to matching WA on outright numerical terms with 2092 bikes reported missing, followed by NSW on 1968 and Queensland with 1696.
The ACT and NT were the only areas to record a drop in bike thefts. Both territories posted 126 thefts in ’17; the ACT managed to trim that figure to 107 while NT thefts dropped to 82.
Stolen brands mirror the most popular marques, with Honda the most stolen machine, followed by Yamaha, Kawasaki and Suzuki.
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