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Motor Vehicle Theft

The number and rate of motor vehicle thefts in Springfield

Number of Motor Vehicle Thefts

Motor Vehicle Theft Rate

Number of Motor Vehicle Thefts

wdt_ID Year Springfield Ohio United States
2 2010 270 21,129 739,599
3 2011 200 20,928 716,634
4 2012 171 19,748 723,166
5 2013 236 19,530 699,436
6 2014 213 18,124 685,804
7 2015 205 17,415 712,690
8 2016 260 19,780 766,648
9 2017 293 20,715 772,875
10 2018 238 19,907 748,886

motor vehicle Theft Rate

wdt_ID Year Springfield Ohio United States
2 2010 445.5 183.1 239.1
3 2011 329.8 181.3 230.0
4 2012 283.4 171.0 230.4
5 2013 393.3 168.7 221.3
6 2014 361.7 155.4 216.2
7 2015 342.8 149.9 220.2
8 2016 437.0 170.0 237.3
9 2017 497.9 177.6 237.7
10 2018 479.5 170.3 228.9

These data measure the total number and rate of motor vehicle thefts reported to the Springfield city police office, compared to the Clark County sheriff’s office, Ohio and the United States.

  • Motor Vehicle Thefts in Springfield have increased from 445.5 to 497.9 per 100,000 residents. In number, there were 23 more motor vehicle thefts committed in 2017 than in 2010.
  • Motor vehicle theft rates have stayed about the same inĀ  Ohio and the United States.

All data comes from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

This information comes from the Crime Data Explorer.

Rates are typically calculated by number of total incidents per 100,000 people. Because the city of Springfield has a population of less than 100,000, these rates are actually higher than the real number of incidents.

Numbers were collected from the Crime Data Explorer for Springfield and Clark County, while population estimates for the state of Ohio and the United States were used to calculate rates came from the U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates for County Population by Characteristics.

This post was last updated on 18 November 2019.

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