Motor Vehicle Theft 2018


Data from UCR CIUS 2018 Table 1

Number of offenses                            748,841

Rate per 100,00 population              228.9

Number of arrests                               69,502

          Male                                                 77%

Clearance rate                                       13.8%

Average dollar loss                           $8,407

Locally stolen MV recovered        59.3%

Data from UCR CIUS 2018 Tables 1, 2, 23, 24, 25, 30, 42

Data from UCR CIUS 2018 Table 43
Data from UCR CIUS 2018 Table 38
Data from UCR CIUS 2018 Table 15

Author: Frank Heley

Frank Heley graduated from North Dakota State University with a BS in Criminal Justice in 2009, a MS in Criminal Justice Administration in 2012, and a PhD in Criminal Justice, with a focus on policing, in 2018, and is a current member of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. He has worked as a security supervisor in the hospitality field, as a drug and alcohol researcher, and as a criminal justice instructor, as well as having been a private investigator for 21 years. Under the auspice of the Center for Criminological Inquiry, he currently conducts independent research and provides consulting services.