America’s Most Stolen Vehicle Is a Muscle-Car Favorite

If you own a Camaro built from 2022 to 2024, we suggest keeping a close eye on it. According to new data released on Thursday by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), sixth-generation Camaros from those model years are 13 times more likely to be stolen than the average car.

The high-horsepower ZL1 variant is especially prone to being disappeared, according to the IIHS. That Camaro trim is 39 times more likely to be stolen when compared to the national average, making it the most-stolen vehicle in the nation per 100 cars, according to the IIHS’s Highway Loss Data Institute. California saw the most theft claims for Camaros, followed by Tennessee, Mississippi, Maryland, and Texas.

“Muscle cars have often topped this list, as thieves are attracted to vehicles with high horsepower,” Matt Moore, COO of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, said in a statement. “That also helps explain why the more expensive, more powerful ZL1 is stolen so much more often than the standard Camaro.”

It’s not just the brutish looks or 650-horsepower supercharged V-8 that attracts thieves. The IIHS says the sixth-generation Camaro is especially easy to steal. According to the reporting agency, criminals can obtain the key code for newer Camaros simply by having access to the car’s OBD-II port. Normally, you have to be near the key fob and use a specialized device to make a copy. But with these Camaros, all you have to do is be inside the car.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, thefts for the Camaro began to climb for the 2016 model year, right as production for the sixth-gen model—which uses a key fob as standard—began.

“We expect powerful and high-value vehicles to be targeted, and these models check both those boxes,” Moore said. “But it stood out to us that Camaros that were nearly 10 years old had such high claim frequencies.”

The automaker acknowledged the problem back in March 2025, according to Road & Track, and now offers free software updates to owners for an extra layer of digital protection.

Interestingly, the Camaro was the only sports car on the IIHS’s list of top 20 most-stolen vehicles. The vast majority were large pickups and SUVs. Though strangely, Acura TLX trims occupy two of the top five spots. GM has a fairly strong showing, occupying nine of the top 20 spots. Here’s the full list: