TOP 10 STATES BY WATERCRAFT THEFT, 2013 (1)
| 1 |
Florida |
1,310 |
| 2 |
Californa |
628 |
| 3 |
Texas |
382 |
| 4 |
Washington |
208 |
| 5 |
Georgia |
182 |
| 6 |
North Carolina |
178 |
| 7 |
Tennessee |
167 |
| 8 |
Alabama |
165 |
| 9 |
Arkansas |
157 |
| 10 |
South Carolina |
151 |
|
(1) Includes motorboats and sailboats and other vessels such as jet skis.
Source: National Insurance Crime Bureau.
TOP 10 STATES BY WATERCRAFT THEFT, 2014
| Rank |
State |
Thefts (1) |
| 1 |
Florida |
1,290 |
| 2 |
California |
507 |
| 3 |
Texas |
386 |
| 4 |
Washington |
201 |
| 5 |
North Carolina |
169 |
| 6 |
Georgia |
163 |
| 7 |
Tennessee |
159 |
| 8 |
South Carolina |
146 |
| 9 |
Arkansas |
139 |
| 10 |
Alabama |
137 |
|
(1) Includes motorboats and sailboats and other vessels such as jet skis.
Source: National Insurance Crime Bureau.
Top 10 States By Watercraft Theft, 2015
| Rank |
State |
Thefts (1) |
| 1 |
Florida |
1,205 |
| 2 |
California |
528 |
| 3 |
Texas |
399 |
| 4 |
North Carolina |
192 |
| 5 |
Washington |
173 |
| 6 |
Alabama |
171 |
| 7 |
Georgia |
170 |
| 8 |
South Carolina |
154 |
| 9 |
Louisiana |
137 |
| 10 |
Tennessee |
119 |
|
(1) Watercraft include motorboats and sailboats and other vessels such as Jet Skis.
Source: National Insurance Crime Bureau.
Top 10 States By Watercraft Theft, 2016
| Rank |
State |
Thefts (1) |
| 1 |
Florida |
1,291 |
| 2 |
Californa |
451 |
| 3 |
Texas |
438 |
| 4 |
Washington |
216 |
| 5 |
Louisiana |
174 |
| 6 |
Tennessee |
158 |
| 7 |
Georgia |
157 |
| 8 |
North Carolina |
151 |
| 9 |
Alabama |
148 |
| 10 |
South Carolina |
147 |
|
(1) Watercraft include motorboats and sailboats and other vessels such as Jet Skis.
Source: National Insurance Crime Bureau.
Top 10 States By Recreational Watercraft Theft, 2017
| Rank |
State |
Thefts (1) |
| 1 |
Florida |
1,163 |
| 2 |
Californa |
488 |
| 3 |
Texas |
410 |
| 4 |
North Carolina |
158 |
| 5 |
Washington |
156 |
| 6 |
Georgia |
155 |
| 7 |
Louisiana |
154 |
| 8 |
Tennessee |
153 |
| 9 |
Alabama |
148 |
| 10 |
South Carolina |
146 |
|
(1) Watercraft include motorboats and sailboats and other vessels such as Jet Skis.
Source: National Insurance Crime Bureau.
Top 10 States By Recreational Watercraft Theft, 2018
| Rank (1) |
State |
Thefts (2) |
| 1 |
Florida |
1,114 |
| 2 |
California |
483 |
| 3 |
Texas |
378 |
| 4 |
Louisiana |
146 |
| 5 |
North Carolina |
143 |
| 6 |
Washington |
141 |
| 7 |
South Carolina |
132 |
| 8 |
Alabama |
131 |
| 9 |
Tennessee |
127 |
| 9 |
Arkansas |
127 |
|
(1) States with the same number of watercraft thefts receive the same rank.
(2) Includes motorboats, sailboats, and personal watercraft such as Jet Skis.
Source: National Insurance Crime Bureau.
Top 10 States By Recreational Watercraft Theft, 2019 (1)
| Rank |
State |
Thefts (2) |
| 1 |
Florida |
942 |
| 2 |
California |
475 |
| 3 |
Texas |
332 |
| 4 |
North Carolina |
193 |
| 5 |
South Carolina |
147 |
| 6 |
Louisiana |
145 |
| 7 |
Washington |
136 |
| 8 |
Tennessee |
135 |
| 9 |
Georgia |
124 |
| 10 |
Alabama |
123 |
|
(1) Through March 10, 2020.
(2) Watercraft include motorboats and sailboats and other vessels such as Jet Skis.
Source: National Insurance Crime Bureau.
Top 10 States By Recreational Watercraft Theft, 2020 (1)
| Rank |
State |
Thefts |
| 1 |
Florida |
960 |
| 2 |
California |
652 |
| 3 |
Texas |
460 |
| 4 |
Washington |
220 |
| 5 |
North Carolina |
184 |
| 6 |
Tennessee |
172 |
| 7 |
South Carolina |
154 |
| 8 |
Georgia |
152 |
| 9 |
Minnesota |
145 |
| 10 |
Alabama |
143 |
|
(1) Watercraft include personal watercraft (such as Jet Skis), runabouts, utility crafts, cruisers and sailboats.
Source: National Insurance Crime Bureau from data sourced from the National Crime Information Center at the U.S. Department of Justice.
Top 5 States By Recreational Watercraft Theft, 2021 (1)
| Rank |
State |
Thefts |
| 1 |
Florida |
791 |
| 2 |
California |
671 |
| 3 |
Texas |
327 |
| 4 |
Washington |
212 |
| 5 |
North Carolina |
146 |
|
(1) Watercraft include personal watercraft (such as Jet Skis), runabouts, utility crafts, cruisers and sailboats.
Source: National Insurance Crime Bureau from data sourced from the National Crime Information Center at the U.S. Department of Justice.