Vehicle theft in the United States dropped sharply in 2025, and the National Insurance Crime Bureau has now published which models thieves still favored most. Compact sedans and full-size pickups fill the upper ranks, and a few familiar names slipped only slightly from the top. Here are the ten most-stolen vehicles of 2025, ranked by reported thefts.
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1. Hyundai Elantra: Thieves’ Top Pick
Thieves took 21,732 of these compact sedans in 2025, the most of any vehicle, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau. That total arrived in a year when U.S. thefts fell 23% to 659,880, a historic decline by the bureau’s own description.
Topping the list while overall theft shrank shows how concentrated the problem remains. Owners of the Elantra may still want to check insurance terms and consider anti-theft steps, since a falling national total does not remove the risk for the single most targeted model.
2. Honda Accord: Second by a Whisker
The NICB’s 2025 count placed the Accord second with 17,797 thefts. That left the midsize sedan ahead of the Hyundai Sonata by just 110 vehicles, a margin that leaves the two sedans almost level.
Such a thin gap means the order between the two sedans could easily flip in another year. For Accord owners, the practical point is that the model remains a steady target even as the national picture improves, so basic precautions are still worth taking for anyone who owns or plans to buy one.
3. Hyundai Sonata: Close Behind the Accord
The Sonata was third with 17,687 thefts in 2025. Hyundai and Kia models together made up 14% of the national total, down from 21% in 2023, which marks a notable retreat for the two brands, whose combined share fell by seven percentage points over two years.
That drop in share points to real progress after a period when their thefts drew wide attention. Even so, the Sonata still sits within 110 thefts of second place, so improvement has not erased its appeal to thieves, and owners of the Hyundai sedan should keep taking sensible precautions against theft.
4. Chevrolet Silverado 1500: Full-Size Pickup Pull
The Silverado 1500 ranked fourth in the 2025 theft ranking, with 16,764 thefts reported nationwide during the year. That makes the Chevrolet the highest-placed pickup in the count, ahead of the Ford F-150 in seventh.
Trucks are valuable and plentiful, which is a plausible reason they show up in theft tallies. Owners can read the placement as a reminder to secure the vehicle and any equipment kept inside, rather than as a verdict on the truck itself or its build quality.
5. Honda Civic: Compact Staple
Civic thefts totaled 12,725 in 2025, good for fifth place, based on NICB data that Jalopnik reported. The compact sedan sits well behind the leading trio, which all topped 17,000, but still ahead of several larger models further down the table.
Few cars are as common as the Civic, so a place near the top is not a surprise. The result suggests that popularity and theft risk tend to travel together, and that owners of widely sold models benefit from taking basic precautions every day.
6. Kia Optima: Gone but Still Taken
Even though production has ended, Optima-badged Kia cars were stolen 11,521 times in 2025, which put the model sixth on the NICB list. The midsize sedan thus outranked the Ford F-150, the Toyota Camry and the Honda CR-V despite no longer being built.
A discontinued car can stay in demand with thieves long after it leaves showrooms. Used-car shoppers and current owners of older Optimas should treat the model as one that remains actively targeted, regardless of its age or the end of its production run.
7. Ford F-150: Truck Among the Sedans
Ford’s F-150 placed seventh in the NICB’s ranking with 10,102 thefts, Jalopnik reports from the bureau’s analysis. It is the second pickup on the list after the Silverado 1500, and the only Ford among the ten.
With two full-size pickups in the top seven, the list is not only about compact sedans. Owners of F-150s, which are common work vehicles, may find that locking up tools and securing the truck overnight is worth the small effort it takes, particularly for anyone who relies on the truck for work.
8. Toyota Camry: Mid-Pack Family Sedan
The Camry recorded 9,833 thefts in 2025, eighth in the bureau’s ranking, as Automotive Addicts reported. The Toyota sedan stayed within sight of the Honda SUV one place below it, separated by only a few dozen vehicles.
A reputation for dependability can cut both ways, since a model that holds its value is also one that thieves and chop shops may want. Camry owners get no special exemption, though the total is modest next to the leaders at the top of the list.
9. Honda CR-V: Narrowly Ninth
The CR-V placed ninth in 2025 with 9,809 thefts, just 24 behind the Camry, per NICB figures reported by Automotive Addicts. The compact SUV is the only crossover among the ten vehicles ranked.
A gap of only 24 vehicles is tiny across a national count, so the SUV and the sedan are effectively tied. Its presence suggests that thieves are not limited to cars and pickups, and that CR-V owners should plan with the same care as everyone else who parks a popular Honda.
10. Nissan Altima: Rounding Out the List
The Nissan Altima rounded out the top 10 with 8,445 thefts. California remained the theft capital, with 136,988 vehicles stolen statewide, according to the figures that Automotive Addicts summarized from the bureau.
The state figure is a useful reminder that location matters as much as model. Drivers in California face the heaviest exposure, while the Altima’s tenth place shows that even the bottom of the list involves thousands of stolen cars, so no placement on it is a comfortable one for the owners involved.
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