Top Vehicle Thefts by Year, Make, and Model
The most popular sedans -- the Toyota Camry, Honda
Accord and Ford Taurus are particularly attractive targets,
along with sport utility vehicles (SUVs), pickup trucks, and
mini-vans, according to a new study by the National Insurance
Crime Bureau (NICB), a not-for-profit insurance organization
committed to combating vehicle theft and insurance fraud.
NICB said that the ten most commonly stolen vehicles in the
United States in 2002 were:
(The most popular year
stolen—within—each make and model are in parenthesis.)
- Toyota Camry (1989)
- Honda Accord (1994)
- Honda Civic (2000)
- Chevrolet Full Size C/K Pickup (1992)
- Ford Full Size Pickup (150/250/350) (1997)
- Jeep Cherokee/Grand Cherokee (1993)
- Oldsmobile Cutlass /Supreme/Ciera (1986)
- Dodge Caravan/Grand Caravan (1994)
- Ford Taurus (1996)
- Toyota Corolla (2001)
