Most Frequently Stolen Vehicles—Is Yours on the List?

Is your car potentially hot? If it's a Dodge, Ford, Honda or Toyota, it could be.

The National Insurance Crime Bureau recently released a report naming the top 10 vehicles most frequently stolen in each state in 2011. Here are the stats:

In Maryland, the top 10 most frequently stolen vehicles in 2011 were:

1. Dodge Caravan (2000)
2. Honda Accord (1996)
3. Honda Civic (2000)
4. Ford Pickup (full size, 2006)
5. Toyota Camry (2011)
6. Toyota Corolla (2010)
7. Ford Crown Victoria (1999)
8. Nissan Maxima (1996)
9. Plymouth Voyager (1999)
10. Nissan Altima (2002)

And, in Washington, DC, the top 10 most frequently stolen vehicles in 2011 were:

1. Dodge Caravan (1998)
2. Honda Accord (1996)
3. Jeep Cherokee (2001)
4. Honda Civic (2000)
5. Toyota Camry (2007)
6. Plymouth Voyager (1996)
7. Jeep Grand Cherokee (1995)
8. Ford Crown Victoria (2003)
9. Dodge Stratus (2004)
10. Dodge Intrepid (2002)

Nationwide, the top 10 most frequently stolen vehicles in 2011 were:

1. Honda Accord (1994)
2. Honda Civic (1998)
3. Ford Pickup (full size, 2006) 
4. Toyota Camry (1991)
5. Dodge Caravan (2000)
6. Acura Integra (1994)
7. Chevrolet Pickup (full size, 1999)
8. Dodge Pickup (full size, 2004)
9. Ford Explorer (2002)
10. Nissan Sentra (1994)

"The report examines vehicle theft data submitted by law enforcement to the National Crime Information Center (NICB) and determines the vehicle make, model and model year most reported stolen in 2011," according to a NICB news statement.

Nationwide, NICB noted "a trend toward increases in the thefts of late model vehicles—ones that are theoretically harder to steal due to sophisticated key code technology," NICB President and CEO Joe Wehrle said in a statement.

"Today’s vehicle thieves are typically professional criminals who have figured out how to get the key code for a specific vehicle, have a replacement key made, and steal the vehicle within a matter of days. We are aware of nearly 300 thefts that took place in the first three months of this year in which we believe replacement keys using illegally obtained key codes were used to steal the vehicle," Wehrle added.

Read the full report at www.nicb.org.