Almost 100,000 thefts of catalytic converters have been recorded in three years, with criminals across the UK stealing 75 per day in 2022, new data reveals. Read the exclusive report from InzyRashid:
Sunday 1 January 2023 06:58, UKAlmost 100,000 thefts of catalytic converters have been recorded in three years, with criminals across the UK stealing 75 per day in 2022, new data obtained by Sky News reveals.
She told Sky News:"It sounds really extreme to say I was on the edge the last time it happened, but I really was because we don't earn a lot of money, we don't have a great deal of things so for somebody to come along and in a matter of minutes do that, it changes your life. It impacts so hard and mentally it's very hard to take."
Some 97,023 catalytic converters were stolen from the beginning of 2020 to 30 November 2022, according to OPAL, the National Intelligence Unit for Serious Organised Acquisitive Crime and a Sky News Freedom of Information request. James Kelly, head of the British Metal Recycling Association, told Sky News:"Inside catalytic converters there are this set of platinum metals: rhodium, palladium and platinum and they are extremely valuable.
"That information is absolutely critical to help us catch and lock up people. In another operation we recovered over 2,000 stolen catalytic converters, so we're doing the work, we just need that critical intelligence and information to help do our jobs even better.
With the risk of a higher insurance premium and the chance of thieves targeting her car again, Ms Gregan scrapped the BMW and was forced to take a £4,000 loan to buy a new car.
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