Table 24
Property Stolen and Recovered
by Type and Value, 2017
[13,681 agencies; 2017 estimated population 282,407,733]
Type of property | Value of property |
Percent recovered |
|
---|---|---|---|
Stolen | Recovered | ||
Total | $13,505,923,310 | $3,938,510,699 | 29.2 |
Currency, notes, etc. | 1,366,020,962 | 26,879,881 | 2.0 |
Jewelry and precious metals | 1,213,092,968 | 43,196,761 | 3.6 |
Clothing and furs | 376,921,356 | 37,029,432 | 9.8 |
Locally stolen motor vehicles | 5,562,733,246 | 3,289,374,602 | 59.1 |
Office equipment | 451,608,653 | 24,186,462 | 5.4 |
Televisions, radios, stereos, etc. | 394,508,873 | 24,585,471 | 6.2 |
Firearms | 151,910,488 | 22,230,563 | 14.6 |
Household goods | 266,677,409 | 10,389,743 | 3.9 |
Consumable goods | 134,257,875 | 13,128,523 | 9.8 |
Livestock | 18,251,205 | 2,755,916 | 15.1 |
Miscellaneous | 3,569,940,275 | 444,753,345 | 12.5 |
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Overview
Property Stolen and Recovered, by Type and Value, 2017
- In 2017, more than $13.5 billion worth of property was reported stolen nationwide, and nearly $4 billion (29.2 percent) was recovered.
- Locally stolen motor vehicles (those stolen within the jurisdiction of the law enforcement agency that submitted the report) accounted for more than $5.5 billion in stolen property.
- Among the types of property stolen, locally stolen motor vehicles had the highest percentage of property value recovered at 59.1 percent. Currency, notes, etc. had the lowest, with 2.0 percent of property value recovered.