The Nationwide Car Theft Increased Yet Again For 2023

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Some people were hoping 2023 was going to mark the beginning of a trend where car theft rates finally start falling. After all, they’ve been on an unbelievable upswing for several years now, but no such relief is in sight.

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Instead, a new report from the National Insurance Crime Bureau indicates car thefts in the United States set a new annual record last year. That’s not the direction we want to see things going but it’s the sad reality we all live in.

According to the NICB, vehicles reported stolen in 2023 hit a new high mark at 1,020,729. That’s higher than the 1,008,756 cars stolen in 2022.

If you live in California, you reside in the state with the most thefts with 208,668 cars stolen during 2023. But the highest rate of theft per capita is in Washington, D.C. where 1,149.71 vehicle thefts happened per 100,000 people, a number which more than triples the national rate.