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The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) reports that approximately 1.2 million vehicles are stolen in the U.S. every year, or one every 30 seconds. More from the NICB:
  • The cost of vehicle theft to consumers is more than $7.5 billion annually.
  • Although public fear of victimization is low, one of every 170 vehicles is stolen each year.
  • At least 21 percent of all car owners do not lock their car doors.
  • Trafficking in stolen vehicles is the second-most profitable criminal activity behind drug dealing.
Listed below are the top ten most stolen vehicles in the U.S., according to the NICB Database (figures from 1999):
  1. Honda Accord
  2. Toyota Camry
  3. Oldsmobile Cutlass
  4. Chevrolet Full-Size Pickup
  5. Honda Civic
  6. Toyota Corolla
  7. Jeep Cherokee
  8. Chevrolet Caprice
  9. Ford Taurus
  10. Chevrolet Cavalier