Sunday, April 13, 2025

DESPITE AN 18% DECREASE IN TOTAL VEHICLE THEFTS, OUR NATION'S CAPITAL IS STILL NO. 1

Good News:  Auto Thefts Fell Sharply In 2024

 

CarPro

Apr 8, 2025 


A man in a black hoodie breaks into a car and is likely to face grand theft auto charges in Vista, California

 

Things are finally turning around when it comes to auto thefts which have skyrocketed since 2020 when the pandemic started.  The National Insurance Crime Bureau reports that thefts fell 17 percent from 2023 to 2024,  dropping below the one million mark for the first time since 2021. It's also the largest annual decrease in stolen vehicles in the last 40 years.

“The overall decrease in stolen vehicles nationwide is a testament to the hard work and collaboration between law enforcement, multi-jurisdictional auto theft task forces, governing bodies, vehicle manufacturers, and NICB,” said David J. Glawe, President and CEO of NICB. “Collectively, these groups used data and intelligence to develop actionable strategies to help local authorities investigate and prosecute offenders and to prevent vehicle theft from occurring in the first place.” 

NICB says it assisted thousands of local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies in 2024 on theft investigations, aiding in the identification of complex vehicle theft rings and the recovery of hundreds of thousands of stolen vehicles across the United States.  

Last year, 850,708 vehicles were stolen nationwide, marking a significant decline from the recent historic peak of 1,020,729 thefts in 2023.

All tables shared in a NICB press release.

 

U.S. Vehicle Thefts 2020-2024

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Washington, Nevada, and Oregon led the nation with the largest decreases in vehicle thefts year over year.   

 

Top 5 States by Percent Decrease in Vehicle Thefts Between 2023 and 2024

nicb-2025-thefts-2-chart-press-releaseOnly one state - Maine - had an increase in vehicle thefts in 2024, up 2% over the year prior. 

The District of Columbia, despite an 18% decrease in total vehicle thefts, still experienced the nation’s highest theft rate with 842.4 thefts per 100,000 residents – over three times the national average of 250.2 thefts per 100,000 residents. Colorado, on the other hand, broke a four-year trend of being the state with the highest vehicle theft rate. 

 

Top 5 States with Highest Vehicle Theft Rate (per 100,000 People)

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The Hyundai Elantra and Sonata were the most stolen vehicles in 2024, followed by the Chevrolet Silverado 1500.


Top 5 Vehicle Makes and Models Most Stolen in 2024

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2 comments:

bob walsh said...

IF you are stupid enough to live in DC you deserve to have your shit stolen.

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