{"id":446059,"date":"2026-06-05T11:27:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T01:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=446059"},"modified":"2026-06-05T11:27:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T01:27:33","slug":"victoria-tops-australia-in-car-theft-insurance-claims-at-243-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=446059","title":{"rendered":"Victoria Tops Australia in Car Theft Insurance Claims at $243 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New data from the Insurance Council of Australia shows Victoria&#8217;s car theft claims surged 25% to over 12,500, costing $243 million in the year through 2025, while thefts dropped in other states like New South Wales and Queensland. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Victoria Police reported 32,000 motor vehicle offences, the highest in over 20 years, often involving key-cloning devices, with thieves recovering 80% of vehicles for joyrides or exports. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Average comprehensive premiums hit $1,718 in Victoria, pushing up costs for drivers amid calls for immobilisers and Faraday pouches; Premier Jacinta Allan touted Operation Pulse successes in retail areas, but critics highlight the ongoing vehicle crime wave ahead of the state election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New data from the Insurance Council of Australia shows Victoria&#8217;s car theft claims surged 25% to over 12,500, costing $243 million in the year through 2025,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":300247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10666,35],"tags":[8634],"class_list":["post-446059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-austrailia","category-breaking-news","tag-jacinta-allan"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=446059"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":446060,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446059\/revisions\/446060"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/300247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=446059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=446059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=446059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}