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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: 1,147,300 
#2   United Kingdom: 338,796 
#3   Japan: 309,638 
#4   France: 301,539 
#5   Italy: 243,890 
#6   Canada: 160,268 
#7   Mexico: 158,801 
#8   Australia: 139,094 
#9   Spain: 134,584 
#10   South Africa: 99,963 
#11   Germany: 83,063 
#12   Poland: 68,062 
#13   Malaysia: 55,879 
#14   Netherlands: 38,320 
#15   Colombia: 33,135 
#16   Denmark: 32,203 
#17   Indonesia: 29,061 
#18   Portugal: 26,428 
#19   Russia: 26,106 
#20   Czech Republic: 23,839 
#21   Norway: 23,339 
#22   New Zealand: 21,992 
#23   Finland: 16,391 
#24   Turkey: 14,954 
#25   Ireland: 14,851 
#26   Bulgaria: 11,281 
#27   Hungary: 10,024 
#28   Switzerland: 9,349 
#29   Greece: 8,486 
#30   Slovakia: 6,073 
#31   Saudi Arabia: 5,573 
#32   Lithuania: 5,185 
#33   Romania: 4,546 
#34   Uruguay: 4,088 
#35   Thailand: 3,276 
#36   Ukraine: 3,164 
#37   Hong Kong: 2,804 
#38   Costa Rica: 2,399 
#39   Estonia: 2,322 
#40   Belarus: 1,710 
#41   Slovenia: 1,412 
#42   Zimbabwe: 1,342 
#43   Tunisia: 1,176 
#44   Yemen: 821 
#45   Zambia: 792 
#46   Moldova: 777 
#47   Papua New Guinea: 763 
#48   Iceland: 387 
#49   Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: 303 
#50   Jamaica: 258 
#51   Georgia: 244 
#52   Kyrgyzstan: 163 
#53   Azerbaijan: 107 
#54   Dominica: 72 
#55   Qatar: 25 
Total: 3,630,418  
Weighted average: 66,007.6  


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: Seventh United Nations Survey of Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems, covering the period 1998 - 2000 (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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