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Motor Vehicle Theft as recorded in statistics from the Australian Institute of Criminology, Victims of property crime, 1996–2009.

Year : Number of cases

1996 : 122,914 or 671 per 100,000 population
1997 : 130,138 or 703 per 100,000 population
1998 : 131,587 or 703 per 100,000 population
1999 : 129,552 or 682 per 100,000 population
2000 : 138,912 or 725 per 100,000 population
2001 : 139,894 or 714 per 100,000 population
2002 : 113,460 or 381 per 100,000 population
2003 : 98,298 or 491 per 100,000 population
2004 : 87,939 or 434 per 100,000 population
2005 : 80,365 or 391 per 100,000 population
2006 : 75,377 or 362 per 100,000 population
2007 : 70,614 or 333 per 100,000 population
2008 : 68,265 or 319 per 100,000 population
2009 : 59,649 or 273 per 100,000 population

A very big reduction in Motor Vehicle Theft, possibly caused by better vehicle security these days, rather than a reduced interest in stealing cars.

Motor Vehicle Theft by State

Year	NSW	VIC	QLD	SA	WA	TAS	NT	ACT
1996	48,734	28,737	17,280	8,428	14,195	2,886	1,099	1,572
2006	27,959	16,721	10,191	8,043	7,515	1,925	620	2,141
2009	22,400	13,272	8,292	5,099	6,460	1,438	780	1,908

Motor Vehicle Theft by State per 100,000 people

Year	NSW	VIC	QLD	SA	WA	TAS	NT	ACT
1996	780	628	513	570	797	608	595	508
2006	408	323	246	510	360	391	292	635
2009	312	241	185	312	285	285	342	537

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics 4510.0 Recorded Crime – Victims, Australia.
Population data from: abcdiamond.com.au/australian-population-per-state

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