National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council

An average motor vehicle theft day in 30 seconds

Australian motor vehicle theft declined by an unprecedented 51% over the last seven years. However, the odometer readings below demonstrate that an unacceptable number of vehicles continue to be stolen in Australia every day.

Days (30 seconds per day)	2000/2001	2007/2008

Note that some rounding was necessary for the odometer readings above.

A table with the number of thefts and thefts per day for the financial years follows for completeness.

State/Territory	Number of thefts 2000/2001	Thefts per day 2000/2001	Number of thefts 2007/2008	Thefts per day 2007/2008
Australia	139,348	382	68,518	187
Australian Capital Territory	2,320	6	1,950	5
New South Wales	53,431	146	25,728	70
Northern Territory	1,012	3	827	2
Queensland	17,732	49	9,272	25
South Australia	12,307	34	6,321	17
Tasmania	3,893	11	1,384	4
Victoria	37,385	102	15,537	42
Western Australia	11,268	31	7,499	20

The NMVTRC acknowledges all police services, registration authorities, participating insurers, the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries, Glass's Information Services, Polk Autospec and Insurance Australia Group for the supply of the data on which this report is compiled. Theft incident data may be subject to later revision by the data providers.

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