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Auto theft

Homicide
Homicide with Firearm
Rape
Robbery
Assault
Major Assault
Auto theft
Burglary
Total

Note that rates of car theft are inevitably lower in countries with much lower than average levels of car ownership, such as mainland Hong Kong, although this does not fully explain our extremely high rate of car theft. Japan has an even higher rate of car ownership than New Zealand, yet car theft is much lower there.

Total recorded automobile theft Rates per 100,000
Country	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Australia	704	672	703	700	682	724
England, Wales	970	942	777	747	711	640
Denmark	703	821	808	709	637	604
New Zealand	847	853	853	812	674	574
Canada	546	606	590	549	529	520
France	595	554	547	544	507	512
USA	560	520	498	452	413	.
Norway	419	394	368	489	468	520
Italy	536	554	524	537	512	423
Finland	387	395	428	512	573	317
Ireland	326	369	370	372	396	.
Spain	200	235	278	350	353	341
South Africa	258	242	247	455	246	234
Netherlands	265	236	239	238	239	241
Portugal	175	201	229	271	282	264
Japan	221	218	214	224	225	244
Malaysia	98.43	119	147	198	227	240
Poland	131	123	138	158	185	176
Bulgaria	179	144	120	96.97	94.35	138
Switzerland	114	111	115	154	139	130
Germany	247	209	168	137	114	101
Hungary	119	159	141	151	114	100
Greece	123	140	167	160	163	80.06
Singapore	88.63	67.22	59.09	72.09	56.6	43.47
Hong Kong	69.22	40.58	33.59	36.25	38.31	41.25

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Auto theft