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The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) reports that approximately 1.2 million vehicles are stolen in the U.S. every year, or one every 30 seconds. More from the NICB: - The cost of vehicle theft to consumers is more than $7.5 billion annually.
- Although public fear of victimization is low, one of every 170 vehicles is stolen each year.
- At least 21 percent of all car owners do not lock their car doors.
- Trafficking in stolen vehicles is the second-most profitable criminal activity behind drug dealing.
Listed below are the top ten most stolen vehicles in the U.S., according to the NICB Database (figures from 1999):- Honda Accord
- Toyota Camry
- Oldsmobile Cutlass
- Chevrolet Full-Size Pickup
- Honda Civic
- Toyota Corolla
- Jeep Cherokee
- Chevrolet Caprice
- Ford Taurus
- Chevrolet Cavalier
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