Car theft risk by model: is yours on the list?
Pick your car below for its own page: how many were stolen, which years thieves go for, and the dual layer protection that suits it. The newest model-level data is the DVLA list for 2025, released in February 2026. It recorded 54,830 vehicles stolen, 11% fewer than the 61,343 in 2024.
| Rank | Model | Thefts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ford Fiesta | 3,511 |
| 2 | Volkswagen Golf | 1,625 |
| 3 | Ford Focus | 1,474 |
| 4 | Toyota RAV4 | 1,319 |
| 5 | BMW 3 Series | 1,249 |
| 6 | Nissan Juke | 1,200 |
| 7 | Toyota C-HR | 967 |
| 8 | Lexus NX | 951 |
| 9 | Range Rover Evoque | 895 |
| 10 | Vauxhall Corsa | 874 |
| 11 | Land Rover Discovery Sport | 813 |
| 12 | Ford Kuga | 799 |
| 13 | Vauxhall Astra | 758 |
| 14 | Mercedes-Benz C-Class | 826 |
| 15 | BMW 1 Series | 754 |
| 16 | Range Rover Sport | 700 |
| 17 | Nissan Qashqai | 695 |
| 18 | Audi A3 | 658 |
| 19 | Kia Sportage | 653 |
| 20 | Toyota Prius | 644 |
Most stolen brands
| Brand | Thefts |
|---|---|
| Ford | 7,677 |
| BMW | 5,489 |
| Toyota | 4,518 |
| Mercedes-Benz | 3,992 |
| Land Rover | 3,690 |
| Audi | 3,650 |
| Volkswagen | 3,426 |
| Vauxhall | 2,764 |
| Nissan | 2,611 |
| Lexus | 2,031 |
What changed since last year
- Mercedes-Benz C-Class: Biggest fall in the top 20: down 26% (Fleet News), from sixth place in 2024 to fourteenth.
- Ford Fiesta: Still number one, but 21% lower than the 4,446 taken in 2024 (What Car?).
- Range Rover Sport: Down 20% on 2024 (Fleet News).
- Range Rover Evoque: Down 18%, after a 35% fall the year before (What Car?).
- Lexus NX: The big riser: outside the 2024 top 20, eighth in 2025.
Makers with more than one model on the list
- Ford has 3 models in the top 20: Ford Fiesta, Ford Focus, Ford Kuga (5,784 thefts between them).
- Land Rover has 3 models in the top 20: Range Rover Evoque, Land Rover Discovery Sport, Range Rover Sport (2,408 thefts between them).
- Toyota has 3 models in the top 20: Toyota RAV4, Toyota C-HR, Toyota Prius (2,930 thefts between them).
- BMW has 2 models in the top 20: BMW 3 Series, BMW 1 Series (2,003 thefts between them).
- Nissan has 2 models in the top 20: Nissan Juke, Nissan Qashqai (1,895 thefts between them).
- Vauxhall has 2 models in the top 20: Vauxhall Corsa, Vauxhall Astra (1,632 thefts between them).
Reading the list fairly
- Counts, not rates. A common car ranks high partly because so many are on the road. Each model page explains what the count does and does not show.
- As published. Ranks and counts are reproduced exactly as What Car? printed them. Where its own article gives a different number for a model, that model's page points it out rather than quietly picking one.
- Brand totals are wider. They include every DVLA record for the brand, some without a model, so they are larger than the sum of the models listed.
- Cars only. Vans and motorbikes are counted separately and are not in this table.
Police data does not record car models, but it does show how much vehicle crime there is near you. See vehicle crime by town and the latest theft methods.
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Source: DVLA lost-or-stolen records for 2025, released under the Freedom of Information Act and published by What Car?, also reported by Fleet News. Checked 6 November 2026.