BMW
BMW had a significant security problem with some of its models produced between 2007 and 2011, which made them fairly easy to steal for high-tech criminals armed with the right electronic gadgets. Our data shows a higher than average rate of thefts for quite a few BMW models. The problem has been rectified in new BMW models and those with at-risk vehicles can have a security update applied free of charge at their local dealership. This is the likely explanation as to why the X6 sees such a high crime rate.
It’s not all bad news for BMW, though – if you take all the types of crime across the board for all models the mean average comes out at slightly better than the average overall crime rate for all models – most BMWs have good alarm systems, which are enough to deter opportunists who want to take sat navs and other valuables.
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See also: Top 10 Cars Stolen to order / Top 10 Most Stolen Cars
| Offence type | Offences per 10,000 registered vehicles |
|---|---|
| Criminal Damage | 54 |
| Theft from | 50 |
| Theft of | 38 |
| Interfering with | 3 |
| Other | 1 |
| Total | 145 |
16.0% better than the national average.
| Range | Criminal Damage | Interfering with | Other | Theft from | Theft of | All offences |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All figures are offences per 10,000 registered vehicles | ||||||
| 8-Series | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 23 |
| X1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 38 |
| Z4 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 49 |
| Z3 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 52 |
| X3 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 53 |
| 1-Series | 25 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 69 |
| 5-Series | 26 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 26 | 81 |
| 3-Series | 39 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 20 | 92 |
| 6-Series | 35 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 37 | 95 |
| 5-Series M5 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 54 | 103 |
| 7-Series | 35 | 4 | 0 | 47 | 30 | 112 |
| 3-Series M3 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 30 | 67 | 135 |
| X5 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 49 | 51 | 141 |
| X6 | 37 | 29 | 4 | 35 | 183 | 277 |
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