The number of carjackings has decreased in Russia

In the first quarter of 2025, 2005 cases of car theft were recorded in Russia, which is 9.4% less than in the same period last year. At the same time, over the same period, the number of cases of car theft increased by 2.5% to 975 episodes. This was reported on June 9 by Auto Magazine.<url>" with reference to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, the cumulative number of thefts and thefts in Russia has been steadily decreasing over the past five years. According to the Russian Union of Motor Insurers (RSA), in January-March 2025, 46 cars insured under hard hat and theft risk were stolen in the country, and 360 cars for the whole of 2024.

Experts attribute the decrease in the number of hijackings to changes in the criminal car sales market. Due to the closed borders, the development of databases and the improvement of the network of traffic cameras, the theft of custom cars is becoming more difficult.

However, they believe that against the background of the future ban on foreign cars in taxis, carjacking for spare parts may become popular again. Carjackings of Chinese brands are already growing in popularity. According to insurers, in January — March, cars from China occupy the first place, ahead of Korean and Lada.

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