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Map of 7,701 motorcycle thefts in Australia,

12 months to June 2021

Getting started - Click or tap a motorcycle theft cluster to zoom in.  Zoom with your mouse scroll wheel, or multi-touch zoom on mobile browsers.

Legend: 1 to 9 10 to 99 100 to 399 >= 400 thefts Theft clusters are approximated from the suburb centroid (mid-point).


In this map, short term thefts were based on motorcycles that were stolen and recovered, profit motivated thefts were based on motorcycles that were stolen and not recovered. Recovery status is as at 31 July 2021 for all states/territories except for TAS which is at 30 June 2021.

The National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council (NMVTRC) acknowledges all police services, registration authorities, participating insurers, the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries, Glass's Information Services and Insurance Australia Group for the supply of the data on which this report is compiled. Theft incident data may be subject to later revision by the data providers. This work is copyright. Material may be reproduced for personal, non-commercial use or for use within your organisation with attribution to the NMVTRC. © 2021 NMVTRC. All rights reserved

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