Frosting is a United Kingdom term for a form of opportunistic motor vehicle theft carried out during cold winter months, when a driver starts a car's engine and leaves it running unattended to de-ice the windows and warm the interior before departing. A thief takes advantage of that unattended window to drive the running vehicle away. A British insurance company estimated that this method accounted for around 135,000 vehicle thefts across the United Kingdom between 2000 and 2005, making the common winter habit of warming up a car a significant driver of opportunistic theft.
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Elements of OffenseAn opportunist thief steals an idling vehicle, left unattended in winter while the owner de-ices it and warms the interior 1 Jurisdiction VariationA term used in the United Kingdom; according to a British insurance company, frosting contributed to the theft of 135,000 unattended cars in the UK between 2000 and 2005 1 Classification
Offense GradeMinor or Summary Offense 1 Connections
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1. Frosting (crime), Wikipedia
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occurring in winter, which involves an opportunist thief stealing an
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the crime has contributed to the theft of 135,000 unattended cars between 2000 and 2005 in the
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Frosting is a term in the United Kingdom for a motor vehicle theft occurring in winter
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