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The IIHS tracked the most frequently stolen cars from 2022 to 2024, and the results are, well, interesting. For starters, Toyota doesn’t have any model year 2022, 2023, or 2024 vehicles on the list. Honda, however, does have a model on the list of car thieves’ delights.
The Honda CR-V Hybrid is 68 times more likely to be stolen than a comparable Toyota RAV4
For years now, Hyundai and Kia vehicles have been common targets for theft. But, according to data from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), there are plenty of cars, trucks, and SUVs from other automakers that fill out the list of vehicles owners most often report as stolen. But Toyota, the largest automaker by volume, isn’t on the list.
Honda, however, is featured in the dreaded rankings. The Honda CR-V Hybrid, to be precise, and it’s a favorite among car thieves.
The IIHS data suggests that the CR-V has a relative claim frequency of 340, 3.4 times the average. As a result, the CR-V is even more titillating for car thieves than the GMC Sierra 1500, which had a claim frequency of 292.
Interestingly enough, the CR-V’s chief competition, the Toyota RAV-4, is nowhere to be found. In fact, the RAV-4 Prime plug-in hybrid was the No. 4 least-reported model, matching the Tesla Model S’ claim frequency of five.
Honda might be on the list, but American cars get stolen much, much more
But that doesn’t mean Honda takes the top spot. In a study where 100 is the industry average claim frequency for theft, the Chevrolet Camaro scored a 1,287. Worse yet, the ZL1, the spiciest of the sixth-generation Camaro lineup, had a relative claim frequency of 3,949, nearly 40 times the industry average.
Further down the list, variations of the Chevrolet Silverado, RAM trucks, and Dodge Durango are common targets for theft. Conversely, four out of five of the vehicles with the lowest theft claim frequency are American. But they’re not Fords, Dodges, or Chevrolets; they’re all Tesla EVs.
