NCIB – small decline in moto thefts for 2012

The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) released their motorcycle theft stats for 2012, showing a small 1% decline in the total number of thefts.  Not surprising are the top 5 in sheer number of thefts – Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, Kawasaki, and Harley Davidson.

Also rounding out the top 5 by state are – California, Florida, Texas, North Carolina, and Indiana.  The official report drills pretty deep into the locational data, which you can read here.  I won’t bore you with the details, but you can see some summary tables below

Month		2012 Thefts			Percent of Thefts (%)				Rank
JANUARY		2,481			5%				11
FEBRUARY		2,089			5%				12
MARCH		3,112			7%				9
APRIL		3,510			8%				7
MAY		4,507			10%				5
JUNE		4,765			10%				3
JULY		5,529			12%				1
AUGUST		5,290			11%				2
SEPTEMBER		4,751			10%				4
OCTOBER		4,171			9%				6
NOVEMBER		3,197			7%				8
DECEMBER		2,659			6%				10
TOTALS			46,061				100%

 

State Quarter 1 Quarter 2 Quarter 3 Quarter 4 2012 Totals Percent of Total Thefts Rank

California	1,369			1,451		1,667		1,595		6,082		13%	1
Florida	1,008			1,024		1,010		1,068		4,110		9%	2
Texas	593			875		1,060		872		3,400		7%	3
North Carolina	359			805		867		543		2,574		6%	4
Indiana	251			734		989		360		2,334		5%	5

 

Rank	Make	2012 Thefts	Percent of Total Thefts
1	American Honda Motor Co., Inc.	9,082	20%
2	Yamaha Motor Corporation	7,517	16%
3	American Suzuki Motor Corporation	7,017	15%
4	Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A.	4,839	11%
5	Harley Davidson, Inc.	3,755	8%
6	Taotao Group Co. Ltd	914	2%
7	Kymco U.S.A., Inc	496	1%
8	KTM Sportmotorcycle AG	442	1%
9	Astronautical Bashan	383	1%
10	Ducati Motor Holding	329	1%
11	Vespa International	326	1%
12	Genuine Cycle	283	1%
13	Bajaj Auto., Ltd	279	1%
14	Goldenvale, Inc. Roketa	270	1%
15	Kaitong Motorcycle Manufacture Co., Ltd	224	<1%

 

Lock up your shit, folks.