NICB Reports Vehicle Theft Rates Finally Falling in First Half of 2025
- dgenovese5
- Oct 1
- 1 min read
According to Insurance Journal, the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) has officially reported that vehicle thefts in the United States have finally fallen, with a 23% decrease within the first 6 months of 2025, in comparison to the first 6 months of 2024.
Insurance Journal cites the following statistics:
“There were 334,114 vehicle thefts reported in the first half of 2025, while monthly totals of this type of crime remained consistently lower than in any month last year, figures that sustain a nationwide trend of significant declines in vehicle theft beginning in 2024, according to NICB.”
“The national average theft rate fell from 126.62 per 100,000 residents in the first half of 2024 to 97.33 in the first half of 2025.”
“Forty-nine states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico reported fewer thefts in the first half of 2025. The top 10 states for vehicle theft experienced decreases ranging from 6% percent to 42%.”
“Puerto Rico and Washington led the nation with drops in vehicle thefts of 43% and 42%. North Dakota (32%), Louisiana (32%), Colorado (31%), Florida (30%) and Tennessee (29%) followed on the list of biggest drops in vehicle thefts.”
After years of vehicle thefts surging following the COVID-19 pandemic, numbers are now trending in the opposite direction.