By Scott Leonard, SBD Vehicle Security Technical Analyst Australia and New Zealand have two of the highest per capita car ownership rates in the world, however, they also both suffer high rates of vehicle theft. They both take right hand drive vehicles and share a lot of models in common, many o... [More]

Global theft statistics  SBD analyses twenty of the most important global markets and produces the most reliable, at-a-glance vehicle theft data available.  The report provides a global overview of vehicle theft statistics and trends as well as comparative analysis of theft risk an... [More]

New three part research on "What makes a good smart key system?" available now... The latest report in a three part series on smart key systems in Europe analyses each of the technologies currently available for the four main features of a smart key system; smart unlock, smart lo... [More]

2010 research plan released... Based on feedback from our clients about getting more detail information on various markets, we have increased the global coverage of our research to include more market intelligence from North America and Australasia as well as expanding our European coverage ... [More]

Items in this month's newsletter include: Theft trends Russian security test results announced Winter months see a higher number of thefts Millions of stolen parts on sale in Argentina Thieves in the USA using tow-trucks ... [More]

Items in this month's newsletter include: Theft trends Vehicle thefts down int he USA Navigation device theft on the rise in Australia Police stealing from the public in the UK Vancouver bait cars help reduce theft by 70% ... [More]

SBD’s Head of Technical for SBD Japan, Jeremy Worthington, talks about the possible effects of the recession on global car theft [More]