See How Many Cars Stolen In Bridgeport Each Year Over Last Decade

BRIDGEPORT, CT - There has been lots of talk in recent months about what some say is a spike in car thefts - especially by juveniles - in towns in Connecticut.

There has been legislation introduced in the legislature to treat juvenile car thieves as adult offenders in an effort to stem the thefts.

There is disagreement by those on both sides of the issue whether the thefts are actually up and whether the juveniles are the reason.

What isn't in dispute is the number of thefts. Numbers don't lie.

A report compiled by Ken Barone, project manager at the Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy at Central Connecticut State University, show that car thefts actually peaked a decade ago and decreased from there but have slowly been increasing the past few years - especially in towns that are near the bigger cities in the state.

Ironically, those same cities, except for Waterbury, have seen decreases in car thefts the past few years.

Patch has gathered the numbers of car thefts in Bridgeport over the past 10 years (2018 numbers are not yet compiled) to show you exactly what they are:

2008: 1,137

2009: 964

2010: 858

2011: 1,042

2012: 868

2013: 663

2014: 754

2015: 626

2016: 734

2017: 716

To see how Bridgeport stacks up with the rest of the state, click here.