In the Southern Metro police region more than 4000 plates were stolen between June 2016 and June 2017 and used to commit other, often violent, crimes. Thefts jumped from 2482 to 4771 between mid year ...

NUMBERPLATE thefts are on the rise in Melbourne’s southeast and motorists are being urged to fit one-way screws. From May 1 to August 1 there were 390 thefts from cars in the Frankston Crime Service ...

A tiny Queensland invention is expected to become standard on all new cars in the state. One-way screws for number plates are the brainchild of three Brisbane police officers. The screws are much ...

Turning the Screws on Crime will be rolled out in Sippy Downs this weekend, and members of the community can have their number plates fitted with one-way screws for free. The program has been running ...

Crime prevention officer Senior Constable Jennifer Poolman said thieves stole number plates for many reasons, including petrol station drive-offs to avoid detection, and also to avoid tolls and fines, ...

Drivers can stop criminal gangs by picking up a simple one-way screw to put on their number plates. Oxford Safer Communities is hoping to dish out thousands of the one-way screws to drivers over the ...