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Facts + Statistics: Auto theft

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Key Facts

  • The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) reported 659.9 thousand vehicles were stolen in 2025 – a drop below the one million mark for the second consecutive year and a 35.4 percent decrease from 2023, when vehicle thefts hit their highest volume in over 40 years. The 2024 figure is a 16.7 percent decrease from 2023. According to their report, Hyundai vehicles experienced the highest theft rates in 2025.

Motor Vehicle Theft

Motor Vehicle Theft, 2021-2025 (1)

 

Year Estimated total vehicle thefts Percent change
2021 932,329 5.9%
2022 1,008,756 8.2
2023 1,020,729 1.2
2024 850,708 -16.7
2025 659,880 -22.4

(1) Law Enforcement Agencies may still be reporting thefts and these numbers may change.

Source: National Insurance Crime Bureau.

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Top 10 U.S. Metropolitan Areas By Motor Vehicle Thefts, 2025 (1)

 

Rank Metropolitan area (2) Estimated total vehicle thefts
1 Los Angeles - Long Beach - Anaheim, CA 53,911 
2 New York - Newark - Jersey City, NY-NJ 27,138 
3 Chicago - Naperville - Elgin, IL-IN 24,299 
4 Houston - Pasadena - The Woodlands, TX 23,659 
5 San Francisco - Oakland - Fremont - CA 22,197 
6 Dallas - Fort Worth - Arlington, TX 21,638 
7 Philadelphia - Camden - Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 19,117 
8 Washington - Arlington - Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 15,204 
9 Riverside - San Bernardino - Ontario, CA 14,111 
10 Seattle - Tacoma - Bellevue, WA 12,684 

(1) Law Enforcement Agencies may still be reporting thefts and these numbers may change.
(2) Census-defined statistical areas.

Source: National Insurance Crime Bureau.

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Top 10 States By Total Motor Vehicle Thefts, 2025 (1)

 

Rank State 2025
1 California 136,988
2 Texas 75,269
3 Illinois 28,327
4 Florida 27,142
5 New York 24,206
6 Ohio 20,628
7 Pennsylvania 20,568
8 North Carolina 20,395
9 Washington 18,039
10 Missouri 17,496

(1) Law Enforcement Agencies may still be reporting thefts and these numbers may change.

Source:  National Insurance Crime Bureau.

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Motor Vehicle Thefts By State, 2024 (1)

 

State Motor vehicle
theft incidents (2)		 Percent of population
covered by reporting law
enforcement agencies (3)		 State Motor vehicle
theft incidents (2)		 Percent of population
covered by reporting law
enforcement agencies (3)
Alabama 9,171 99% Montana 1,871 100%
Alaska 1,822 100 Nebraska 4,910 97
Arizona 18,690 99 Nevada 15,606 100
Arkansas 5,457 98 New Hampshire 910 100
California 153,048 100 New Jersey 15,231 97
Colorado 29,280 99 New Mexico 10,408 93
Connecticut 8,698 100 New York 29,942 92
Delaware 2,218 100 North Carolina 27,455 96
D.C. 5,579 100 North Dakota 1,489 100
Florida 19,788 78 Ohio 25,775 93
Georgia 23,564 92 Oklahoma 9,163 100
Hawaii 5,526 100 Oregon 12,426 98
Idaho 1,355 100 Pennsylvania 24,832 99
Illinois 36,298 94 Rhode Island 1,340 100
Indiana 14,230 87 South Carolina 11,869 100
Iowa 4,291 97 South Dakota 1,698 89
Kansas 7,524 96 Tennessee 24,412 100
Kentucky 10,643 100 Texas 103,844 99
Louisiana 8,529 81 Utah 4,204 96
Maine 1,134 99 Vermont 424 100
Maryland 25,962 100 Virginia 12,842 100
Massachusetts 7,355 100 Washington 34,633 99
Michigan 23,432 97 West Virginia 1,334 90
Minnesota 12,388 100 Wisconsin 9,676 97
Mississippi 2,804 64 Wyoming 592 90
Missouri 24,869 98      

(1) Includes the District of Columbia. Does not include a total for the United States because data in this chart is compiled on a different basis than the national totals released by the FBI.
(2) Beginning in 2021, state totals comprise of incidents submitted by law enforcement agencies to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)
(3) States have varying degrees of reporting data to the NIBRS. Percent of population covered shown.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Crime Data Explorer.

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Motorcycle Thefts, 2022

 

  Top five motorcycle makes stolen   Top three states by motorcycle thefts
Rank Make Thefts Rank State Thefts
1  American Honda Motor Co., Inc.  10,631 1  California  9,838
2 Yamaha Motor Corporation  8,358 2 Florida 4,563
3 Harley Davidson, Inc.  6,333 3 Texas 4,145
4 Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A.  6,260
5 American Suzuki Motor Corporation  4,886

Source: National Insurance Crime Bureau.

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Most stolen vehicles

Top 10 Most Frequently Stolen Vehicles, 2025 (1)

 

  All model years (2)  
Rank Model  Thefts
1 Hyundai Elantra 21,732
2 Honda Accord 17,797
3 Hyundai Sonata 17,687
4 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 16,764
5 Honda Civic 12,725
6 Kia Optima 11,521
7 Ford F150 10,102
8 Toyota Camry 9,833
9 Honda CR-V 9,809
10 Nissan Altima 8,445

(1) Law Enforcement Agencies may still be reporting thefts, and these numbers may change.
(2) Includes all model years for each vehicle.

Source: National Insurance Crime Bureau.

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