Table 24

Property Stolen and Recovered
by Type and Value, 2007
[13,235 agencies; 2007estimated population 248,416,528]

Type of property	Value of property		Percent recovered
Type of property	Stolen	Recovered	Percent recovered
Total	$15,028,201,693	$4,326,925,896	28.8
Currency, notes, etc.	1,117,732,026	38,467,308	3.4
Jewelry and precious metals	1,350,982,461	64,264,441	4.8
Clothing and furs	279,002,874	37,687,660	13.5
Locally stolen motor vehicles	6,465,991,690	3,746,211,696	57.9
Office equipment	656,982,032	27,398,814	4.2
Televisions, radios, stereos, etc.	874,806,433	40,065,937	4.6
Firearms	116,746,215	10,151,048	8.7
Household goods	294,237,686	15,220,352	5.2
Consumable goods	130,696,065	12,479,046	9.5
Livestock	27,372,148	2,283,515	8.3
Miscellaneous	3,713,652,063	332,696,079	9.0

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Throughout the Nation, over $15 billion dollars of property was reported stolen in 2007. In terms of the dollar value of stolen property, 28.8 percent of the value of all reported stolen property was recovered.
Locally stolen motor vehicles, i.e., those stolen within the jurisdiction of the law enforcement agency that submitted the report, accounted for over $6.4 billion in stolen property.
Of the types of property stolen, locally stolen motor vehicles had the highest percentage of property value recovered at 57.9 percent. Currency, notes, etc., had the lowest, with 3.4 percent of property value recovered.