2017 Motor Vehicle Theft
DEFINITION Motor Vehicle Theft is the theft or attempted theft Offenses by Month of a self-propelled vehicle that runs on land and not 2,000 1,871 1,814 on rails. "Joy Riding" is included in this classification. 1,800 1,717 1,802 1,608 1,680 1,604 "Carjacking" is not included within these numbers. 1,600 1,494 "Carjacking" is classified as Robbery. 1,456 1,400 1,3701,392 1,319 1,200 ANALYSIS 1,000 VOLUME 800 The number of Motor Vehicle Theft offenses 600 committed in Michigan for 2017 was 19,127. This is 400 a reported decrease of three percent from 2016 and 200 a twenty-two percent decrease since 2013. 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec The largest number of offenses occurred in the month of July and the least amount were committed in December. Offenses by Day
RATE 2,900 The crime rate for this offense was 192 for every 2,848 100,000 persons. In 2016, the crime rate was 199 2,850 2,815 for every 100,000 persons. This is a decrease of four 2,800 percent. 2,750 2,721 2,732 2,688 CLEARANCES 2,700 2,674 Law enforcement agencies cleared 1,622 incidents 2,649 2,650 by an arrest or exceptional clearance out of the 18,261 incidents reported. This is a reported nine 2,600 percent clearance rate. 2,550 NATURE 2,500 In 2017, 19,426 actual vehicles were stolen and Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat there were 482 attempted offenses. The FBI determines the total number of vehicles stolen by combining these two figures, which totaled 19,908 Motor Vehicle Thefts in 2017. 5‐Year Trend More offenses were reported on Fridays than any Number of Offenses other day of the week. 30,000 24,369 The vehicle type of Automobiles and Trucks reported 25,000 the highest recovery rates at fifty-nine percent. 21,242 19,755 19,127 20,000 Recovery 15,635 Vehicle Type # Stolen # Recovered Rate 15,000 Automobiles 17,243 10,118 59% Buses 11 5 45% 10,000 Other Motor Vehicles 1,287 417 32% 5,000 Recreational Vehicles 271 80 30% Trucks 614 365 59% 0 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Grand Totals 19,426 10,985 57%
Crimes Against Property 2017 Crime in Michigan 2017 Motor Vehicle The Arrests
Arrests By Age, Sex, and Race
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Grand Age Total Group Asian/Paci Black Unknown White Total American Indian/Alaskan Asian/Paci Black Unknown White Total
10 & Under 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
11‐12 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 1 7 7
13‐14 0 17 1 7 25 0 0 38 4 17 59 84 Juveniles
15 0 6 0 5 11 0 0 36 2 24 62 73 Total 16 0 3 1 8 12 0 1 40 0 33 74 86
Total 0 26 2 20 48 1 1 120 6 75 203 251
17 0 5 1 13 19 0 1 53 0 33 87 106
18 0 2 0 4 6 0 0 45 3 21 69 75
19 0 7 0 1 8 0 0 35 0 14 49 57
20 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 9 2 17 29 31
21 0 5 2 1 8 0 0 19 1 14 34 42
22 0 3 0 5 8 0 0 17 2 10 29 37
23 0 5 1 1 7 0 0 19 0 11 30 37
24 0 7 0 2 9 0 0 19 2 10 31 40
25‐29 1 8 2 23 34 0 1 81 4 75 161 195 Adults
30‐34 1 7 4 20 32 0 0 36 5 66 107 139 Total
35‐39 0 5 0 23 28 0 0 35 7 41 83 111
40‐44 0 3 0 9 12 1 1 17 1 26 46 58
45‐49 0 5 1 6 12 0 0 21 2 33 56 68
50‐54 0 5 0 6 11 0 0 10 2 17 29 40
55‐59 0 2 1 4 7 0 0 6 0 7 13 20
60‐64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 8 8
65 & Above 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 5 5
Total 2 69 12 120 203 1 4 429 31 401 866 1,069
Grand Total: 2 95 14 140 251 2 5 549 37 476 1,069 1,320
Crimes Against Property 2017 Crime in Michigan