Violent carjackings are way up in 2020 in cities across the U.S., including Philadelphia, Louisville, Oakland, Nashville and New Orleans, to name a few. In Chicago alone, carjackings had hit 1,150 by Thanksgiving, more than double the 507 reported instances in all of 2019.
This disturbing rise in carjackings is happening in conjunction with more car thefts overall, not to mention crime in general. According to the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), “Preliminary data from 223 police agencies across the United States reveal steep increases this year in homicides and aggravated assaults.”