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Auto Thefts Down 9 Percent Statewide, Down 22 Percent in Livingston County

The 2000 Dodge Ram pickup is the most stolen vehicle in Michigan, according to data recently released by the Michigan Automobile Theft Prevention Authority (ATPA).

Automobile thefts in Michigan fell 9.35 percent from 2009 to 2010, according to a recent release from the Michigan Automobile Theft Prevention Authority (ATPA). Since the inception of the ATPA in 1986, auto thefts in Michigan have fallen by 62 percent.

In Livingston County, however, automobile thefts, fell by 22 percent, according to the Livingston County Sheriff's Dept.

In 2010, 99 incidents of auto theft or attempted theft were reported while in 2011, that number dropped to 77. June was the highest number of reported vehicles stolen with 13. 

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So which vehicles are most likely to be stolen? Here's a look at auto theft statistics from 2011:

Michigan's most stolen vehicles

  1.    2000 Dodge Ram Pickup

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  2.    1999 Dodge Ram Pickup

  3.    2002 Dodge Ram Pickup

  4.    1998 Ford Pickup

  5.    1997 Dodge Ram Pickup

  6.    1998 Dodge Ram Pickup

  7.    2003 Dodge Ram Pickup

  8.    1996 Chevrolet Pickup

  9.    1999 Ford Pickup

10.    1997 Chevrolet Pickup

Thieves' favorite choices

       Color

        Month

  Day of Week

  1.   Black

  1.  November

 1.   Tuesday

  2.   White

  2.  December

 2.   Monday

  3.   Red

  3.  October

 3.   Thursday

  4.   Blue

  4.  September 

 4.   Wednesday

  5.   Silver

  5.  August

 5.   Friday

  6.   Green

  6.  July

 6.   Saturday

  7.   Gray

  7.  June

 7.   Sunday

  8.   Maroon

  8.  May

 

  9.   Gold

  9.  April

 

10.   Tan

10.  March

 

Data courtesy of the Michigan Automobile Theft Prevention Authority (ATPA)

The ATPA is funded by an annual $1 assessment on each insured noncommercial passenger vehicle, plus interest earned by investing those funds.  It is governed by a seven-member board of directors appointed by the Governor, which includes representatives of law enforcement, automobile insurers and consumers of automobile insurance.  Each year the board awards grants to law enforcement agencies, prosecutors' offices and nonprofit community organizations to prevent auto theft, catch auto thieves and put the thieves in jail.

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