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 ...

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 ...

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 ...