Honda Tops Most Stolen List, Overall Figure Lowest Since 1967
The National Insurance Crime Bureau released its newest list of the top 10 vehicles most likely to be stolen, with Honda and pickups leading the pack in a year that has seen the lowest number of vehicles stolen since 1967.
Autoblog reports the following made the top 10 list of vehicles most likely to be stolen in 2013 as noted by the NICB:
- Honda Accord: 53,995
- Honda Civic: 45,001
- Chevrolet Pickup (Full Size): 27,809
- Ford Pickup (Full Size): 26,494
- Toyota Camry: 14,420
- Dodge Pickup (Full Size): 11,347
- Dodge Caravan: 10,911
- Jeep Cherokee/Grand Cherokee: 9,272
- Toyota Corolla: 9,010
- Nissan Altima: 8,892
That said, according to Autoblog, owners of newer Hondas can sleep more soundly than those whose vehicles were made during the start of President Bill Clinton’s final term in office. In 2013, 8,166 1996 Honda Accords were stolen, compared to only 276 2013 Accords.
Meanwhile, 2013 will likely be the first year since 1967 that auto thefts fell below 700,000 stolen, based on preliminary results from the FBI. That number also represents a 50 percent drop in thefts since cresting at 1,661,738 in 1991.
NICB President and CEO Joe Wehrle tempered the good news, however, with a reminder that while this year’s figures are a good sign, “it still amounts to a vehicle being stolen every 45 seconds and losses of over $4 billion a year.”
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Useless information without the model year and % stolen stats.
This article made me think of things: 1) Hey that Allroad looks cool in the photo, I like Allroads. 2) This looks like a Steve Lang photo, and where the hell has Steve Lang been recently? 3) Blue bowtie in the YouTube image is lies, because they don't use those on recent models. A blue bowtie would be silly and modern.