Based on a comparison of 66 countries in 2012, USA ranked the highest in number of thefts recorded by the police with 6,150,598 followed by Germany and United Kingdom. On the other end of the scale was Montenegro with 857, Tajikistan with 3,669 and Armenia with 4,019.
Data for more countries are available at Number of Thefts Recorded by the Police indicator page.
| Number of 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 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 518,734 | 491,935 | 497,053 | 478,807 | 465,547 | ||||||
| Brazil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,058,942 | 2,021,060 | 1,866,732 | 1,791,139 | 1,382,710 | |||
| Canada | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 634,912 | 597,504 | 569,714 | 574,950 | 543,157 | ||||||
| France | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 822,856 | 771,021 | 751,099 | 753,523 | 764,864 | ||||||
| Germany | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,124,100 | 2,074,326 | 1,973,560 | 1,881,343 | 1,833,293 | ||||||
| India | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 274,354 | 285,043 | 316,761 | 324,195 | 330,312 | ... | ... | |||
| Italy | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,141,941 | 1,169,349 | 993,144 | 938,916 | 944,025 | ||||||
| Japan | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 811,250 | 744,066 | 716,462 | 653,399 | 612,115 | |||||
| Netherlands | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,420,380 | 684,870 | 682,495 | 681,465 | 662,015 | ||||||
| Russia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,676,983 | 1,566,970 | 1,326,342 | 1,188,574 | 1,108,369 | ... | |||||
| South Korea | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 192,555 | 212,342 | 223,207 | 256,418 | 269,410 | ||||||
| Sweden | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 415,427 | 408,774 | 391,729 | 385,519 | 367,965 | ||||||
| USA | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6,626,363 | 6,591,542 | 6,586,206 | 6,338,095 | 6,204,601 | ||||||
| Ukraine | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 132,159 | 114,665 | 110,954 | 175,876 | 254,755 | ... | ... | ||||
| United Kingdom | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,899,991 | 1,745,893 | 1,666,031 | 1,546,760 | 1,553,606 |
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