FBI Releases Motor Vehicle Theft, 2019—2023

FBI.gov, August 12, 2024

WASHINGTON, DC — On August 12, 2024, the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program released Motor Vehicle Theft, 2019-2023, on the FBI’s Crime Data Explorer at https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov. This special report provides information concerning motor vehicle theft and trends on carjacking.

Incidents of motor vehicle theft included in this report are from the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). Participation in NIBRS is voluntary for non-federal law enforcement agencies but mandatory for federal law enforcement agencies. As of 2023, 14,039 agencies submitted their crime data to NIBRS, covering a population of 278,449,430 people.

From 2019 to 2023, as more agencies began participating in NIBRS, the population covered by NIBRS reporting agencies increased by 79.7 percent. In this analysis, the total number of incidents are reported alongside rates per 100,000 people to allow for comparison between years.

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