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Crime Statistics > Car thefts (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1   United States: 1,246,096 
#2   United Kingdom: 348,169 
#3   France: 301,539 
#4   Italy: 232,564 
#5   Canada: 161,506 
#6   Mexico: 141,007 
#7   Australia: 139,094 
#8   Spain: 134,584 
#9   South Africa: 93,133 
#10   Germany: 70,617 
#11   Switzerland: 65,571 
#12   Japan: 62,673 
#13   Sweden: 61,350 
#14   Malaysia: 55,879 
#15   Poland: 53,674 
#16   Netherlands: 35,384 
#17   Colombia: 33,135 
#18   Portugal: 30,560 
#19   Denmark: 29,101 
#20   Indonesia: 29,061 
#21   Czech Republic: 26,143 
#22   Russia: 26,106 
#23   Norway: 23,339 
#24   New Zealand: 23,324 
#25   Finland: 23,115 
#26   Saudi Arabia: 18,717 
#27   Turkey: 14,954 
#28   Ireland: 14,851 
#29   Bulgaria: 11,281 
#30   Greece: 8,486 
#31   Hungary: 8,354 
#32   Chile: 5,930 
#33   Lithuania: 5,716 
#34   Austria: 5,489 
#35   Slovakia: 4,795 
#36   Uruguay: 4,517 
#37   Costa Rica: 4,385 
#38   Bolivia: 4,021 
#39   Thailand: 3,276 
#40   Ukraine: 3,164 
#41   El Salvador: 3,069 
#42   Latvia: 2,845 
#43   Hong Kong: 2,804 
#44   Croatia: 2,404 
#45   Estonia: 2,322 
#46   Belarus: 1,942 
#47   Peru: 1,899 
#48   Tunisia: 1,690 
#49   Morocco: 1,523 
#50   Zimbabwe: 1,342 
#51   Romania: 1,227 
#52   Cyprus: 1,009 
#53   Slovenia: 930 
#54   Yemen: 821 
#55   Zambia: 792 
#56   Papua New Guinea: 763 
#57   Malta: 707 
#58   Moldova: 612 
#59   Luxembourg: 575 
#60   Panama: 566 
#61   Oman: 423 
#62   Iceland: 387 
#63   Maldives: 371 
#64   Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: 303 
#65   Jamaica: 258 
#66   Georgia: 244 
#67   Albania: 198 
#68   Kyrgyzstan: 163 
#69   Azerbaijan: 81 
#70   Dominica: 72 
#71   Namibia: 60 
#72   Burma: 27 
#73   Qatar: 25 
Total: 3,597,114  
Weighted average: 49,275.5  


DEFINITION: Total recorded automobile thefts. Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.

SOURCE: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)

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Adam Wilson
9th December 2004
I think the definition is of relevance here. Quote - " Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence."
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