Table 24

Property Stolen and Recovered
by Type and Value, 2009
[13,491 agencies; 2009 estimated population 258,947,325]

Type of property	Value of property		Percent recovered
Type of property	Stolen	Recovered	Percent recovered
Total	$13,328,962,860	$3,149,325,329	23.6
Currency, notes, etc.	1,168,316,822	32,617,615	2.8
Jewelry and precious metals	1,538,739,041	72,978,617	4.7
Clothing and furs	337,911,736	36,652,477	10.8
Locally stolen motor vehicles	4,552,791,742	2,585,224,358	56.8
Office equipment	747,728,241	32,473,449	4.3
Televisions, radios, stereos, etc.	1,016,400,720	52,344,296	5.1
Firearms	132,431,818	11,717,290	8.8
Household goods	280,020,695	11,331,940	4.0
Consumable goods	139,885,962	15,254,271	10.9
Livestock	19,915,656	1,957,658	9.8
Miscellaneous	3,394,820,427	296,773,358	8.7

Data Declaration

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Throughout the Nation, more than $13 billion ($13,328,962,860) of property was reported stolen in 2009. In terms of the dollar value of stolen property, 23.6 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 more than $4.5 billion in stolen property.
Of the types of property stolen, locally stolen motor vehicles had the highest percentage of property value recovered at 56.8 percent. Currency, notes, etc. had the lowest, with 2.8 percent of property value recovered.