{"id":154126,"date":"2020-10-13T10:21:30","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T14:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thedetroitbureau.com\/?p=154126"},"modified":"2020-10-13T10:27:37","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T14:27:37","slug":"ford-honda-top-latest-most-stolen-lists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/2020\/10\/ford-honda-top-latest-most-stolen-lists\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford, Honda Top Latest “Most Stolen” Lists"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ford and Honda topped the lists of U.S. auto thieves in 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New statistics show that if you drive a Ford F-Series pickup, your vehicle is more likely to be stolen than any other.<\/p>\n

The National Insurance Crime Bureau released its annual \u201cHot Wheels\u201d report that chronicles annual trends in auto thefts using data from across the U.S.<\/p>\n

Suffice to say, since the F-Series has been the best-selling vehicle in the U.S. for decades, finding it atop this list isn\u2019t all that surprising. In fact, 38,938 F-Series trucks were stolen in 2019 with the 2006 model year being the most popular among car thieves.<\/p>\n

(Auto theft fell 3.1% in 2018; California had most stolen vehicles.)<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

However, the most stolen vehicle in the U.S. last year was the 200 Honda Civic with 4,731 of them being swiped off the streets. The aforementioned 2006 Ford pickup finished third overall. Hondas have led the way both in terms overall thefts and specific thefts by model year for some time.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Ford\u2019s \u201cascension\u201d to the top spot overall is really a sign of the popularity of pickups as four full-size pickup models found their way onto the \u201cMost Stolen\u201d and \u201cTop 10 Model, Makes and Years\u201d list in 2019.<\/p>\n

Following the Ford F-Series on the \u201cMost Stolen\u201d list was the Honda Civic, Chevy Silverado line-up, Honda Accord, Toyota Camry, Nissan Altima, Toyota Corolla, Dodge\/Ram pickups, GMC Sierra line-up and Honda CR-V.<\/p>\n

When it comes to the specific models, the 2000 Civic was followed by the 1997 Honda Accord, 2006 Ford F-Series, 2004 Chevrolet Silverado, 2019 Ram, 2001 CR-V, 2015 Altima, 2001 Dodge pickup, 2019 Jeep Cherokee\/Grand Cherokee and 2018 GMC Sierra.<\/p>\n

(Honda adds new tech, tweaks styling to keep 2021 Accord fresh.)<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Although newer vehicles do have more built-in safeguards, it there\u2019s one thing that these new lists make clear, those won\u2019t stop a car thief from trying to \u2013 and successfully \u2013 steal your vehicle. In 2019, the top three model years stolen were 2018 vehicles (47,859 thefts), followed by 2019 models (45,188 thefts), and 2017 models (39,425 thefts).\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The NICB offers suggests vehicle owners be proactive in the protection of the vehicles, employing common sense tactics, such as not leaving keys in vehicles, locking doors and parking in well-lit areas. The group also recommends having a warning device such as an alarm or other device to let potential thieves know the vehicle is protected.<\/p>\n

It also recommends a device that can immobilize your vehicle to prevent thieves from hot wiring your car, kills switches, fuse cutoffs or wireless ignition authentication. Finally, the group says tracking devices can help limit the damage done to a stolen vehicle as police can track the vehicle to a location. Some of these devices will even let the owner do so.<\/p>\n

Car thefts are on the decline after three years of increases from 2015 to 2017. In 2018, the number dropped 3.1% to 748,841 vehicles, according to FBI statistics. Final numbers for 2019 haven\u2019t yet been released.<\/p>\n

(Ford planning mid-2022 launch for F-150 EV.)<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

About $6 billion was lost to motor vehicle theft in 2018. The average dollar loss per theft was $8,407. Motor vehicles were stolen at a rate of 228.9 per 100,000 people in 2018, down from 237.7 in 2017. In 2018, 748,841 vehicles were stolen, down 3.1 percent from 772,943 vehicles in 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New statistics show that if you drive a Ford F-Series pickup, your vehicle is more likely to be stolen than any other. The National Insurance Crime Bureau released its annual \u201cHot Wheels\u201d report that chronicles annual trends in auto thefts, and Ford and Honda topped this year’s lists, reports TheDetroitBureau.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4389,"featured_media":154127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8,5,11],"tags":[],"make":[56,63],"post-state":[],"category_old":[118,150,151,123,248,238,138,132,124,148,288],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154126"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4389"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154126"},{"taxonomy":"make","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/make?post=154126"},{"taxonomy":"post-state","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post-state?post=154126"},{"taxonomy":"category_old","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category_old?post=154126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}