Table 24
Property Stolen and Recovered
by Type and Value, 2011
[13,605 agencies; 2011 estimated population 265,970,598]
| Type of property | Value of property |
Percent recovered |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Stolen | Recovered | ||
| Total | $13,245,771,907 | $2,557,448,141 | 19.3 |
| Currency, notes, etc. | 1,208,118,537 | 27,690,073 | 2.3 |
| Jewelry and precious metals | 1,783,980,324 | 81,269,728 | 4.6 |
| Clothing and furs | 272,598,291 | 35,438,837 | 13.0 |
| Locally stolen motor vehicles | 3,793,147,961 | 1,984,945,521 | 52.3 |
| Office equipment | 664,500,881 | 31,740,789 | 4.8 |
| Televisions, radios, stereos, etc. | 838,553,637 | 38,165,942 | 4.6 |
| Firearms | 131,938,134 | 12,750,035 | 9.7 |
| Household goods | 377,465,765 | 12,109,471 | 3.2 |
| Consumable goods | 126,700,845 | 13,871,866 | 10.9 |
| Livestock | 16,165,288 | 1,949,450 | 12.1 |
| Miscellaneous | 4,032,602,244 | 317,516,429 | 7.9 |
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Overview
Property Stolen and Recovered, by Type and Value, 2011
- In 2011, more than $13 billion ($13,245,771,907) of property was reported stolen nationwide. In terms of the dollar value of stolen property, 19.3 percent of the value of all reported stolen property was recovered.
- Locally stolen motor vehicles (those stolen within the jurisdiction of the law enforcement agency that submitted the report) accounted for more than $3.7 billion in stolen property.
- Among the types of property stolen, locally stolen motor vehicles had the highest percentage of property value recovered at 52.3 percent. Currency, notes, etc. had the lowest, with 2.3 percent of property value recovered.
