Motor vehicle theft
Motor vehicle thefts, by country

Motor vehicle theft

Section Title: Motor vehicle thefts, by country
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Motor vehicle thefts by country

Country	Motor vehicle thefts	Rate per 100,000 population	Year

Uruguay	14,858	437.6	2012

New Zealand	17,807	399.3	2012

Bahamas	1,330	363.1	2011

Italy	196,589	322.9	2012

Malaysia	82,287	312.6	2006

Sweden	28,926	304.1	2012

Greece	31,166	280.2	2012

France	178,200	278.7	2012

Israel	20,974	278.1	2011

Maldives	813	259.0	2008

Australia	58,573	254.1	2012

United States of America	721,053	227.1	2012

Canada	77,939	223.7	2012

Chile	33,014	189.0	2012

Denmark	10,351	184.9	2012

Ireland	8,392	183.4	2012

Mexico	208,491	172.5	2012

Finland	8,815	163.0	2012

Cyprus	1,811	160.4	2012

Norway	7,953	159.3	2012

Argentina	62,044	156.4	2008

Belgium	17,126	154.8	2012

Portugal	15,900	149.9	2012

Spain	67,933	145.3	2012

United Kingdom (England and Wales)	79,829	142.4	2012

Iran (Islamic Republic of)	94,413	136.2	2004

Netherlands	19,930	119.2	2012

United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)	2,101	116.0	2012

United Kingdom (Scotland)	5,731	108.2	2012

Czech Republic	11,127	104.4	2012

Switzerland	8,129	101.6	2012

Bahrain	1,094	98.0	2008

Brazil	185,288	93.3	2012

Costa Rica	4,335	90.2	2012

Iceland	290	89.0	2012

Germany	70,511	85.2	2012

Trinidad and Tobago	1,063	79.5	2012

Hungary	7,740	77.6	2012

Dominican Republic	7,930	77.2	2012

Luxembourg	398	77.1	2011

Malta	306	71.5	2012

Jordan	4,908	70.0	2012

Colombia	31,862	66.8	2012

Paraguay	4,390	65.6	2012

Japan	80,539	63.3	2012

Lithuania	1,724	56.9	2012

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	5,613	53.5	2012

Austria	4,446	52.5	2012

Ecuador	7,096	50.6	2006

Lebanon	1,971	48.3	2006

Estonia	620	48.0	2012

Peru	13,787	47.6	2009

Slovakia	2,546	46.8	2012

Brunei Darussalam	169	45.1	2006

Latvia	910	44.2	2012

Poland	16,230	42.5	2012

Honduras	3,363	42.4	2012

Bulgaria	3,082	42.3	2012

Mauritius	504	40.8	2011

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	43	39.3	2011

Russian Federation	50,279	35.1	2011

Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,328	34.6	2012

Kazakhstan	5,345	32.8	2012

Croatia	1,361	31.6	2012

Morocco	10,221	31.4	2012

Belize	92	29.1	2011

Serbia	2,761	28.9	2012

Thailand	19,149	28.8	2010

Swaziland	307	28.0	2004

Slovenia	539	26.1	2012

Turkey	17,988	25.6	2008

Egypt	20,231	25.5	2011

Barbados	68	24.0	2012

Guatemala	3,309	23.7	2009

Lesotho	437	22.0	2009

Albania	677	21.4	2012

Macedonia	371	17.6	2012

Indonesia	41,816	16.9	2012

Botswana	327	16.5	2011

Belarus	1,437	15.1	2009

Qatar	131	13.5	2006

El Salvador	838	13.3	2012

Republic of Korea	6,033	12.3	2012

India	147,475	12.2	2010

United Arab Emirates	1,093	11.9	2012

Singapore	55	1.1	2012

Algeria	3,778	9.8	2012

Ukraine	4,278	9.3	2010

Côte d'Ivoire	1,593	8.7	2008

Jamaica	236	8.5	2012

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China	600	8.4	2012

Suriname	40	8.1	2004

State of Palestine	286	8.0	2005

Romania	1,627	7.5	2012

Panama	274	7.2	2012

Montenegro	43	6.9	2012

Oman	177	6.8	2008

Nicaragua	388	6.7	2010

Mongolia	178	6.5	2011

Guyana	48	6.0	2012

Kyrgyzstan	290	5.3	2012

Yemen	1,012	4.6	2009

Syrian Arab Republic	912	4.5	2008

Sri Lanka	822	4.2	2004

Zimbabwe	444	3.5	2008

Republic of Moldova	116	3.3	2012

Uganda	1,121	3.3	2010

Kenya	1,199	2.8	2012

Armenia	61	2.1	2012

Philippines	1,642	1.7	2011

Cameroon	316	1.7	2007

Kuwait	45	1.6	2009

Georgia	43	1.0	2007

Nigeria	1,239	0.7	2012

Bangladesh	1,061	0.7	2006

Azerbaijan	60	0.6	2012

Tajikistan	48	0.6	2011

Guinea	49	0.5	2008

Nepal	17	0.1	2006

Turkmenistan	2	0.0	2006

Grenada	0	0.0	2012

São Tomé and Príncipe	0	0.0	2011

Sentence(s)

In 2012, there were an estimated 721,053 motor vehicle thefts in the United States.

final_sentence: In 2012, there were an estimated 721,053 motor vehicle thefts in the United States.