Prey selection among Los Angeles car thieves

Crime Science

Table 1 The top 25 most stolen car types in 2003–2004 and their environmental densities in Los Angeles zip codes 90034, 90045 and 90291

Make-model	Theft N	Survey N	Recovery N	Theft p	Survey p	Recovery p	Theft rank	Survey rank
HONDA CIVIC	155	128	110	0.069	0.070	0.710	1	1
TOYOTA CAMRY	151	59	118	0.067	0.032	0.781	2	4
HONDA ACCORD	109	94	81	0.048	0.052	0.743	3	2
TOYOTA COROLLA	68	86	47	0.030	0.047	0.691	4	3
NISSAN SENTRA	60	33	45	0.027	0.018	0.750	5	9
ACURA INTEGRA	52	21	28	0.023	0.012	0.538	6	14
FORD MUSTANG	50	20	41	0.022	0.011	0.820	7	16
FORD EXPLORER	49	57	35	0.022	0.031	0.714	8	5
FORD TAURUS	46	28	36	0.020	0.015	0.783	9	11
PONTIAC GRAND AM/PRIX	43	4	38	0.019	0.002	0.884	10	110.5
NISSAN ALTIMA	35	42	27	0.016	0.023	0.771	11	7
CHEVY IMPALA	34	6	26	0.015	0.003	0.765	12.5	79.5
DODGE STRATUS	34	5	30	0.015	0.003	0.882	12.5	93.5
CHRYSLER 300M	33	1	31	0.015	0.001	0.939	14	224
CHEVY BLAZER	32	15	24	0.014	0.008	0.750	15	25
CHRYSLER PT CRUISER	31	8	26	0.014	0.004	0.839	16	58
DODGE CARAVAN	28	8	18	0.012	0.004	0.643	17.5	58
DODGE INTREPID	28	9	23	0.012	0.005	0.821	17.5	49.5
JEEP CHEROKEE	27	34	16	0.012	0.019	0.593	19	8
LINCOLN TOWN CAR	24	4	22	0.011	0.002	0.917	20	110.5
DODGE NEON	23	2	19	0.010	0.001	0.826	21.5	165.5
FORD FOCUS	23	7	20	0.010	0.004	0.870	21.5	68.5
CHRYSLER SEBRING	21	3	15	0.009	0.002	0.714	24	132.5
FORD EXPEDITION	21	12	13	0.009	0.007	0.619	24	32.5
JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE	21	20	14	0.009	0.011	0.667	24	16

Note: Theft and recovery proportions are calculated with respect to all 2,251 cars stolen. Survey proportions are calculated with respect to the 1,825 unique car types identified in street-based surveys.
Environmental densities were measured in two survey periods October-December 2004 and October-December 2005.

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