The Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Was By Far the Most-Stolen Car of the Last Three Years

by Chris Teague

Published: September 1st, 2023

the dodge charger srt hellcat was by far the most stolen car of the last three years

We’ve been hearing a lot about Hyundai and Kia car thefts, as some older models lack electronic immobilizers, but as it turns out, they’re nowhere near the most frequently stolen cars in America. The Insurance Insititute for Highway Safety’s (IIHS) Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) division recently released its list of the most stolen vehicles from model years 2020-2022, and the top models wear Dodge badges.

The Dodge Charger Hellcat models saw 25 whole-vehicle theft claims per 1,000 insured vehicles, which HLDI said is up from 18 for 2019-2021 models. The previously most-stolen vehicle, the Infiniti Q60, had only two thefts per 1,000 vehicles when it topped the 2017-2019 list.

The top 10 most stolen vehicles from 2020-2022 include:

· Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat: 6,128 claims

· Dodge Charger Hemi: 2,197

· Infiniti Q50: 878

· Dodge Challenger: 766

· Land Rover Range Rover: 611

· Kia Sportage: 479

· Land Rover Range Rover Sport: 460

· Kia Sportage AWD: 415

· Honda CR-V AWD: 409

· BMW X6: 361

In contrast, the list of least-stolen cars has models with as few as three theft claims, which was the case for the Tesla Model 3 and Model Y, with three theft claims during the period. The Volvo XC90, GMC Acadia AWD, and Tesla Model X rounded out the five least-stolen models, with six, seven, and eight claims, respectively.

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Chris Teague

Chris grew up in, under, and around cars, but took the long way around to becoming an automotive writer. After a career in technology consulting and a trip through business school, Chris began writing about the automotive industry as a way to reconnect with his passion and get behind the wheel of a new car every week. He focuses on taking complex industry stories and making them digestible by any reader. Just don’t expect him to stay away from high-mileage Porsches.

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MKizzy on Sep 01, 2023

Infiniti Q50 is on the list? Who the heck steals an Infiniti? Even many of their owners don't want them if Consumer Reports is to be believed.

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Carson D on Sep 01, 2023

I would have thought that a group of Hyundais and Kias would dominate this list, based on mainstream media reporting. Odd.

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- Lou_BC on Sep 02, 2023
  
  This list is weighted based upon percentage of cars that were stolen per model. It's sort of like per capita as opposed to total volume.
  
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- FreedMike on Sep 03, 2023
  
  Along the same lines of: "if you set foot in Chicago, you'll almost certainly die."
  It's almost like there is a real world and a media world. Amazing!
  
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- EBFlex on Sep 03, 2023
  
  "Along the same lines of: "if you set foot in Chicago, you'll almost certainly die.""
  Who has said that?
  
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- Lou_BC on Sep 03, 2023
  
  If one says 46% of marriages end in divorce that means the other 54% ends in death.
  
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