Automotive Thefts Fell in Early 2025

• Nationwide, automotive theft fell 23% within the first six months of 2025, in line with the Nationwide Insurance coverage Crime Bureau.
• Thefts surged through the pandemic, however are almost again to pre-pandemic ranges.

Automotive theft is turning into much less widespread. America noticed 23% fewer stolen automobiles within the first six months of 2025 than in the identical interval in 2024, in line with the Nationwide Insurance coverage Crime Bureau (NICB).

Forty-nine states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico all reported fewer automotive thefts within the first two quarters of this 12 months than final. The one state to report a rise? Alaska, with a 26% rise concentrated in Anchorage.

The NICB credit “the effectiveness of collaborative efforts by legislation enforcement, automakers, insurers, and the Nationwide Insurance coverage Crime Bureau” for the drop. It notes that superior information analytics have helped drive a crackdown.

The ten Most Generally Stolen Automobiles

Most years, the record of essentially the most generally stolen autos seems quite a bit just like the record of essentially the most generally pushed autos. Thieves steal what’s accessible, in spite of everything. Widespread automobiles are additionally extra helpful to networks that dismantle them and promote the components.

Nonetheless, a brand new development started to shift the information in 2021, and it stays with us. Thieves started focusing on cheap base fashions of Hyundai and Kia autos after a sequence of social media movies confirmed steal them simply.

The businesses had constructed some automobiles with out an immobiliser – a standard anti-theft gadget that ensures a car received’t begin with out its sensible key current. They’ve since launched a number of efforts to cease the theft wave, and simply this week, agreed to retrofit 4 million older automobiles with new anti-theft expertise.

4 Hyundai and Kia fashions now seem within the high 10.