Texas Motor Vehicle Thefts 1979-2018
Interactive chart of the Texas motor vehicle theft rate (i.e. the number of motor vehicle thefts per 100,000 population) from 1979 to 2018.
- The Texas motor vehicle theft rate for 2018 was 243.25 per 100,000 population, a 1.44% increase from 2017.
- The Texas motor vehicle theft rate for 2017 was 239.8 per 100,000 population, a 3.01% decline from 2016.
- The Texas motor vehicle theft rate for 2016 was 247.23 per 100,000 population, a 0.44% increase from 2015.
- The Texas motor vehicle theft rate for 2015 was 246.14 per 100,000 population, a 2.93% decline from 2014.
State Name |
Population |
Rate |
Alaska |
737,438 |
541.88 |
New Mexico |
2,095,428 |
485.77 |
Hawaii |
1,420,491 |
397.68 |
Oregon |
4,190,713 |
395.06 |
California |
39,557,045 |
392.37 |
Nevada |
3,034,392 |
392.30 |
Colorado |
5,695,564 |
380.52 |
District Of Columbia |
702,455 |
369.13 |
Washington State |
7,535,591 |
367.28 |
Oklahoma |
3,943,079 |
337.02 |
Missouri |
6,126,452 |
323.43 |
Tennessee |
6,770,010 |
301.91 |
South Carolina |
5,084,127 |
281.90 |
Kansas |
2,911,505 |
269.41 |
Alabama |
4,887,871 |
268.26 |
Arizona |
7,171,646 |
266.87 |
Montana |
1,062,305 |
263.20 |
Nebraska |
1,929,268 |
252.63 |
Louisiana |
4,659,978 |
247.55 |
Utah |
3,161,105 |
244.47 |
Texas |
28,701,845 |
243.25 |
Arkansas |
3,013,825 |
236.01 |
Georgia |
10,519,475 |
235.37 |
North Dakota |
760,077 |
233.53 |
Kentucky |
4,468,402 |
229.63 |
Indiana |
6,691,878 |
229.05 |
Connecticut |
3,572,665 |
206.65 |
Maryland |
6,042,718 |
200.85 |
Florida |
21,299,325 |
193.27 |
Minnesota |
5,611,179 |
180.50 |
Michigan |
9,995,915 |
174.58 |
South Dakota |
882,235 |
172.74 |
Ohio |
11,689,442 |
170.32 |
North Carolina |
10,383,620 |
169.81 |
Illinois |
12,741,080 |
153.78 |
Delaware |
967,171 |
152.61 |
Wisconsin |
5,813,568 |
148.51 |
Iowa |
3,156,145 |
148.50 |
Wyoming |
577,737 |
145.22 |
Rhode Island |
1,057,315 |
144.80 |
Mississippi |
2,986,530 |
143.98 |
West Virginia |
1,805,832 |
139.49 |
Virginia |
8,517,685 |
126.54 |
New Jersey |
8,908,520 |
123.89 |
Idaho |
1,754,208 |
111.96 |
Pennsylvania |
12,807,060 |
102.41 |
Massachusetts |
6,902,149 |
95.71 |
New York |
19,542,209 |
67.22 |
New Hampshire |
1,356,458 |
64.06 |
Maine |
1,338,404 |
58.05 |
Vermont |
626,299 |
40.40 |
Year |
Texas |
United States |
2018 |
243.25 |
228.89 |
2017 |
239.80 |
237.72 |
2016 |
247.23 |
237.25 |
2015 |
246.14 |
222.21 |
2014 |
253.57 |
215.36 |
2013 |
248.20 |
221.26 |
2012 |
249.54 |
230.41 |
2011 |
249.39 |
229.95 |
2010 |
269.36 |
239.09 |
2009 |
308.97 |
259.16 |
2008 |
350.98 |
315.42 |
2007 |
393.23 |
364.85 |
2006 |
405.93 |
400.22 |
2005 |
407.45 |
416.81 |
2004 |
418.65 |
421.53 |
2003 |
444.34 |
433.73 |
2002 |
472.38 |
432.90 |
2001 |
480.40 |
430.53 |
2000 |
446.78 |
412.19 |
1999 |
459.17 |
422.48 |
1998 |
489.10 |
459.87 |
1997 |
523.28 |
505.70 |
1996 |
548.56 |
525.67 |
1995 |
560.37 |
560.28 |
1994 |
602.64 |
591.29 |
1993 |
692.35 |
606.35 |
1992 |
821.65 |
631.63 |
1991 |
944.32 |
659.02 |
1990 |
909.04 |
655.77 |
1989 |
888.54 |
633.99 |
1988 |
800.10 |
586.06 |
1987 |
734.81 |
531.87 |
1986 |
714.07 |
509.77 |
1985 |
607.99 |
463.54 |
1984 |
549.12 |
437.68 |
1983 |
524.88 |
431.12 |
1982 |
570.06 |
458.59 |
1981 |
564.60 |
474.06 |
1980 |
558.14 |
502.20 |
1979 |
544.16 |
505.59 |