Based on a comparison of 66 countries in 2012, USA ranked the highest in motor vehicle thefts recorded by the police with 721,053 followed by Mexico and Italy. On the other end of the scale was Montenegro with 43.0, Tajikistan with 48.0 and Azerbaijan with 60.0.
Data for more countries are available at Motor Vehicle Thefts Recorded by the Police indicator page.
| Motor Vehicle Thefts Recorded by the Police | Unit | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| Australia | ... | 75,377 | 70,614 | 68,265 | 59,649 | 54,820 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 210,212 | 188,713 | 183,048 | 188,205 | 121,486 | |||
| Canada | ... | 158,638 | 145,714 | 125,568 | 107,992 | 92,506 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chile | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13,638 | 19,284 | 21,422 | 27,864 | 30,782 | ||||||
| France | ... | ... | 243,153 | 224,658 | 211,484 | 207,947 | 195,196 | |||||||||||||||
| Germany | ... | 90,224 | 92,628 | 89,036 | 87,693 | 83,480 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 90,951 | 100,255 | 120,032 | 140,027 | 147,475 | ... | ... | |||
| Indonesia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 34,804 | 37,506 | 35,668 | |||
| Italy | ... | 280,167 | 277,549 | 229,961 | 213,407 | 197,583 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | ... | 129,352 | 114,818 | 107,869 | 107,931 | 97,266 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 146,808 | 163,131 | 193,856 | 202,480 | 229,965 | |||||
| Russia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 64,535 | 58,427 | 52,820 | 49,288 | 47,587 | ... | |||||||||||
| Spain | ... | ... | 118,476 | 106,945 | 92,196 | 77,898 | 65,672 | |||||||||||||||
| USA | ... | 1,198,245 | 1,100,472 | 959,059 | 795,652 | 739,565 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | ... | 211,904 | 185,428 | 161,865 | 129,924 | 117,701 |
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