In 2003 (the latest year for which data is available), 1.3 million vehicles were stolen in the United States: approximately one every 25 seconds at a cost of $8.6 billion. Additionally in that same year $1.6 billion of property was stolen out of vehicles. Not to mention insurance and alternate transportation expense, aggravation and inconvenience. Nearly 40 percent of all larceny/theft incidents involve either motor vehicle accessories, or items stolen from motor vehicles: wallets and purses, CDs, stereos, laptop computers, etc*. Auto theft and content theft is a very big problem!

The Viper Index is designed to quickly show you how your MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area) stacks up against the national average of 430 auto thefts annually per 100,000 population.