Car thieves give up, but these models still like the most

In the middle of 2025, due to theft, 2.6 thousand were deregistered in Poland. cars – by nearly 10 percent less than in the same period last year – according to data from the Samar automotive market research Institute. Although there are fewer and fewer theft from year to year, Toyot, SUVs and delivery cars are particularly careful.

The number of thefts is getting lower

Every fourth car deregistered due to theft in the first half 2025 was recorded in Warsaw. In the entire province Mazowieckie took place 40 percent thefts counted in this way. Data from the Central Register of Vehicles and Drivers apply to cars deregistered due to theft. They do not include, among others These cars that were stolen but recovered before the owners submitted applications for deregistration.

This is another period in which a decrease in car theft was recorded. The downward trend has been going on for four years. In 2021, the number of cars counted in this way exceeded 7,000 in 2022. 6,000 pieces. In 2023, 5.6 thousand were recorded. cars deregistered due to theft, and in last year their number stopped at just over 5.3 thousand. pieces.

For comparison, in the worst in this respect in 1999, 71.5 thousand were deregistered in Poland due to theft. In 25 years, the number of thefts has fallen over thirteen times.

In the analyzed period, as in previous years, thieves most often liked in Toyota. Within half a year, nearly half a thousand Toyot disappeared from Polish streets, parking lots and garages, which is related to a large number of registration of Japanese cars on the Vistula. Wiło 2025 Poles introduced over 45,000 to the Cepik base. new Toyot, and their market share was 15.9 percent.

However, if the number of cars deregistered due to theft is combined with new cars registered in the same period, it turns out that the higher factor was recorded for three Peugeots, BMW and Audi.

Considering the models, Toyota Corolle and SUVs: Toyota Rav4, Toyota C-HR and Hyundai Tucson were most common. The top ten also included a place for two “vans”: Renault Master and Fiat Ducato.

However, the latest cars were not falling in the thieves. Most often, due to theft, cars produced in 2019 were derived more often than cars produced in 2023 and 2024. Cars from 2016, 2017 and 2018 were stolen.

Every region is a different taste of thieves

Most – nearly 75 percent – The most popular cars, both in salons and among thieves, i.e. Toyot, were stolen in the province. Mazowieckie. In other voivodships, however, other models were the most common prey.

And yes, in the province West Pomeranian Volkswagen Golfs were most often deregistered, in the province. Toyota RAV in Lower Silesia, in the province Wielkopolski Peugeoty 3008, in the province Silesian Toyota C-HR, in the province Pomeranian Volkswagena Tiguana.

In the province Świętokrzyskie thieves most often liked the Toyota Auris showrooms in the province. Lubuskie was dominated by the most popular used cars: Audi A4, Opel Astra and Ford Focus, in turn in the province. Kujawsko-Pomorskie and Opole Vans-Fiat Ducato and Iveco Daily respectively.

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