Canada NewsAuto thefts continue downward trend across Canada, new report showsAuto thefts trend downwardPhoto: The Canadian Press RCMP investigator Maxime Deschenes looks at a recovered stolen Lexus at a news conference on Thursday, July 17, 2014, in Montreal. The report, released Tuesday, said auto theft in Canada is trending toward "pre-crisis levels" before 2021, when the number of auto thefts shot up. Gast said the drop in auto thefts is encouraging but luxury vehicles are still being stolen and the profits are still used to fund organized crime. While the first half of 2025 saw 23,093 vehicles reported stolen, just 20,759 were reported stolen over the first six months of this year, the report found. In 2024, the federal government announced a new national action plan to “disrupt, dismantle and prosecute” the organized crime groups behind auto thefts through tougher criminal penalties, more inspections of shipping containers and better intelligence-sharing.