U.S. vehicle thefts fell 23% in the first six months of 2025 from the first half of last year, a report out Wednesday from the National Insurance Crime Bureau shows.
There were 334,114 vehicle thefts reported in the first half of 2025, while monthly totals of this type of crime remained consistently lower than in any month last year, figures that sustain a nationwide trend of significant declines in vehicle theft beginning in 2024, according to NICB.
The national average theft rate fell from 126.62 per 100,000 residents in the first half of 2024 to 97.33 in the first half of 2025.
Following years of a pandemic-fueled surge in thefts, stolen vehicle figures are now trending towards pre-pandemic levels. The NICB says if current trends continue through the end of 2025, vehicle theft totals are set to decrease nationwide for the second consecutive year.
Forty-nine states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico reported fewer thefts in the first half of 2025. The top 10 states for vehicle theft experienced decreases ranging from 6% percent to 42%. Puerto Rico and Washington led the nation with drops in vehicle thefts of 43% and 42%. North Dakota (32%), Louisiana (32%), Colorado (31%), Florida (30%) and Tennessee (29%) followed on the list of biggest drops in vehicle thefts.
The most frequently stolen vehicles were Hyundais, Hondas and Kias, according to NICB.
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