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Statistics
Vehicle Theft Facts
- The FBI's 2006 Uniform
Crime Report (UCR) released September, 2007, indicates there were an
estimated 1.2 million motor vehicle thefts in the United States in 2006 with
an estimated value of approximately $7.9 billion dollars.
- In Arizona, there were 54,849 stolen
vehicles in 2006 (Source: FBI UCR Report).
- In Arizona, 68.6% of
stolen vehicles were recovered in 2006. Stolen
vehicles that were not recovered were often shipped overseas or driven
across the United
States borders, stripped by chop
shops and resold as parts, re-tagged and resold to unsuspecting
consumers, or hidden or destroyed by the owner to collect an insurance
settlement.
- Stolen vehicles are
frequently used to facilitate other criminal acts such as residential
and commercial burglaries, robberies, check and credit card fraud,
identity theft, illegal drug trafficking, and drive by-shootings.
In Arizona
a vehicle theft occurs every 9 minutes - 48 seconds.
Arizona
is the number two state for vehicle theft per capita. In 2006, there
were 54,849 motor vehicles stolen in Arizona,
which demonstrates a 0.1% decrease in the total number of stolen vehicles
since 2005. Arizona's vehicle theft rate (number stolen vehicles for
every 100,000 inhabitants) in 2006 was 889.5, which is a 3.8% decrease from
the 2005 theft rate of 924.4.
Click on the links below for the statistics that interest you:
During 2006, 54,849 vehicles were reported stolen to Arizona police
agencies.
During 2005, 54,905 vehicles were reported stolen to Arizona police
agencies.
During 2004, 55,306 vehicles were reported stolen to Arizona police
agencies.
During 2003, 56,222 vehicles were reported stolen to Arizona police
agencies.
During 2002, 56,876 vehicles were reported stolen to Arizona police
agencies.
During 2001, 52,203 vehicles were reported stolen to Arizona police
agencies.
During 2000, 43,060 vehicles were reported stolen to Arizona police
agencies.
During 1999, 38,247 vehicles were reported stolen to
Arizona
police agencies.
During 1998, 40,391 vehicles were reported stolen to
Arizona
police agencies.
During 1997, 44,201 vehicles were reported stolen to
Arizona
police agencies.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Report (UCR) and Arizona
DPS Crime in
Arizona
Report.
Last
revision:January 29, 2008
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