It's on the rise across the US. Car theft and break ins were the main reason my husband and I wouldn't even look at houses without two car garages years back. We keep both vehicles in the garage.

I know not everyone has a garage, but it is odd to me that more people in New England use their garages for storing crap vs holding their cars than back in the Midwest. Maybe it's due to warmer temperatures out here in the winter and/or cooler temperatures in the summer, but it's odd to me.