Line chart of motor vehicle thefts in the United States, 1973 to 2008.

For motor vehicle theft, properyt crime rate per 1,000 households began at 19.1 in 1973 and fluctuated with a high of 19.5 as it decreased to 14.2 in 1985. After 1985, property crime rate climbed to 22.2 in 1991, before it decreased to 6.6 in 2008.