Honda CR-V is Canada’s most stolen vehicle for 2025

The Honda CR-V was the most stolen vehicle in Canada in 2025, with 2,137 thefts, according to the annual Top 10 list released Tuesday by Équité Association, the insurance industry’s crime-prevention group.

The Honda Civic was second with 1,813 thefts and the Toyota RAV4 third with 1,147, based on figures from the list as reported by MTL Blog. Équité said the CR-V also topped the list by number of thefts in 2021 and 2022.

The association said a separate ranking by theft frequency, which measures thefts against the number of insured vehicles, is led by newly released luxury lines. It said the Lexus TX Series had a theft rate of more than 11 per cent. The frequency list only counts makes and models with at least 50 thefts.

The numbers sit against a broader decline. Équité’s 2025 Auto Theft Trend Report found auto theft fell 18 per cent across Canada compared with 2024, though the group estimates stolen vehicles still cost Canadians about $900 million a year.

Heather Masterson, Équité’s president and CEO, said criminals continue to profit and that enforcement alone will not solve the problem. “We must make vehicles harder to steal,” she said in the release. She called for work with Transport Canada to update the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations, which Équité said were last updated in 2007, to match global best practices.

Équité said globally sold models such as the CR-V and Civic top the volume list because of ongoing security weaknesses that organized crime exploits, and that thieves use key fob relay attacks and reprogramming to get in. Bryan Gast, the group’s national vice-president of intelligence and investigations, said those weaknesses need to be fixed at the manufacturing stage.

Public opinion backs that approach. Équité said 72 per cent of Canadians polled feel mandatory anti-theft technology should be built into vehicles rather than sold as an aftermarket add-on, and 64 per cent said they worry about their own safety and that of their families when it comes to auto theft.

Quebec’s list looks different from the national one. MTL Blog reported, citing Équité’s data, that the Honda Civic was the most stolen vehicle in the province in 2025, with 487 thefts among 197,388 insured, a theft rate of 0.25 per cent. The Toyota RAV4 was second with 374 thefts and the CR-V third with 334.

The Toyota Tundra had the highest theft rate on Quebec’s list at 0.65 per cent, with 89 thefts among 13,612 insured. The Jeep Wrangler followed at 0.38 per cent, with 129 thefts.

The Quebec figures also show how far the problem has eased. MTL Blog reported the RAV4 alone was stolen 1,470 times in the province in 2023 and 921 times in 2024, while the top vehicle in 2025 was stolen fewer than 500 times.

Équité also welcomed progress by Transport Canada and Public Safety Canada on auto theft and border security. Regional lists by number of thefts and by theft frequency are posted on the association’s website.

The group’s usual advice to owners of targeted models is to use a visible anti-theft device and to keep key fobs away from doors and windows. Insurance rules and premiums vary by province and insurer, so owners can ask their own insurer how a vehicle’s theft risk is rated.

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Sources: Équité Association news release, Nov. 10, 2026; MTL Blog; CTV News.