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Which Country Has the Most Motor Vehicle Thefts Recorded?

Motor Vehicle Thefts Recorded by the Police, 2012 or latest

Law & Crime | December 30, 2018

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Based on a comparison of 66 countries in 2012, USA ranked the highest in motor vehicle thefts recorded by the police with 721,053 followed by Mexico and Italy. On the other end of the scale was Montenegro with 43.0, Tajikistan with 48.0 and Azerbaijan with 60.0.

Data for more countries are available at Motor Vehicle Thefts Recorded by the Police indicator page.

Motor Vehicle Thefts Recorded by the Police	Unit	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Australia		...														75,377	70,614	68,265	59,649	54,820
Brazil		...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	210,212	188,713	183,048	188,205	121,486
Canada		...														158,638	145,714	125,568	107,992	92,506
Chile		...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...				13,638	19,284	21,422	27,864	30,782
France		...	...													243,153	224,658	211,484	207,947	195,196
Germany		...														90,224	92,628	89,036	87,693	83,480
India		...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...			90,951	100,255	120,032	140,027	147,475	...	...
Indonesia		...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	34,804	37,506	35,668
Italy		...														280,167	277,549	229,961	213,407	197,583
Japan		...														129,352	114,818	107,869	107,931	97,266
Mexico		...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...			146,808	163,131	193,856	202,480	229,965
Russia		...	...	...	...	...										64,535	58,427	52,820	49,288	47,587		...
Spain		...	...													118,476	106,945	92,196	77,898	65,672
USA		...														1,198,245	1,100,472	959,059	795,652	739,565
United Kingdom		...														211,904	185,428	161,865	129,924	117,701