Vehicle theft in Europe: country by country
In the latest year available, the European countries with the highest rate of motor vehicle theft were Luxembourg (562.0 per 100,000 people), Switzerland (357.3) and Sweden (267.7). By number of cases the top three are Italy (136,544), France (136,246) and Germany (58,183): a high count also reflects population size, not just risk.
How many motor vehicle thefts the police record in each European country relative to population, and how that has changed since 2019. Useful for anyone working on vehicle security, car parks and fleets.
Highest values: per 100,000 people
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| Luxembourg | 562.0 | 3,777 | +114.0% | 2024 |
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| Switzerland | 357.3 | 32,022 | +243.6% | 2024 |
| Sweden | 267.7 | 28,242 | +36.6% | 2024 |
| Italy | 231.5 | 136,544 | +5.6% | 2024 |
| France | 198.4 | 136,246 | 2024 | |
| Greece | 174.1 | 18,063 | −14.0% | 2024 |
| Netherlands | 134.7 | 24,175 | −18.7% | 2024 |
| Norway | 101.2 | 5,619 | +39.7% | 2024 |
| Ireland | 96.9 | 5,184 | +32.5% | 2024 |
| Belgium | 94.4 | 11,156 | −14.8% | 2024 |
| Finland | 88.8 | 4,975 | −12.5% | 2024 |
| Portugal | 78.5 | 8,354 | −13.9% | 2024 |
| Germany | 69.7 | 58,183 | +19.2% | 2024 |
| Liechtenstein | 50.0 | 20 | +379.7% | 2024 |
| Spain | 48.3 | 23,472 | −21.6% | 2024 |
| Croatia | 41.1 | 1,586 | −8.4% | 2024 |
| Malta | 39.4 | 222 | −20.6% | 2024 |
| Austria | 39.2 | 3,589 | −11.4% | 2024 |
| Czechia | 27.9 | 3,041 | −55.4% | 2024 |
| Lithuania | 27.0 | 779 | +13.2% | 2024 |
| Latvia | 20.0 | 375 | −15.2% | 2024 |
| Denmark | 19.7 | 1,175 | +44.1% | 2024 |
| Poland | 19.5 | 7,148 | −31.9% | 2024 |
| Slovenia | 18.8 | 399 | −15.4% | 2024 |
| Bulgaria | 18.4 | 1,185 | −21.1% | 2024 |
| Slovakia | 14.5 | 786 | −24.2% | 2024 |
| Romania | 13.9 | 2,643 | −54.8% | 2024 |
| Cyprus | 13.1 | 127 | 2024 | |
| North Macedonia | 12.8 | 234 | 2024 | |
| Estonia | 9.1 | 124 | −26.2% | 2023 |
| Montenegro | 6.6 | 41 | +46.0% | 2024 |
| Serbia | 6.0 | 393 | −56.0% | 2024 |
| Albania | 5.1 | 142 | −53.7% | 2023 |
| Iceland | 2.9 | 11 | −59.0% | 2024 |
How to read these figures
- These are police figures: they count offences reported and recorded, not all that happen.
- Eurostat warns that definitions and counting rules differ between countries: compare levels with caution; the trend within one country is more reliable.
- Each country shows its latest year from 2022 onwards; countries without recent data are not listed.
Source: Eurostat, Recorded offences by offence category - police data (crim_off_cat) · Licence: CC BY 4.0 · Data retrieved on