Equipment Theft Reports

NER's annual Equipment Theft Reports are a detailed study and analysis of construction and farm equipment losses and recoveries, answering the question: "Who steals how much of what, from where, how, why and where does it go?"   The aim of these reports is to provide equipment owners, insurance companies and law enforcement with information to help focus risk management and investigation resources in the most effective manner.

The reports provides statistics on thefts in each calendar year by state, type of theft location, type of equipment and looks at trends since 1995 that compare equipment theft against other types of loss such as damage.  The report also looks at what type of equipment is being recovered and where.  These statistics are used to suggest the underlying reasons for the high level of theft and low levels of recovery and to gauge the size of the overall problem.  

Click here to view NER's   2004 Theft Report

Click here to view NER's   2003 Theft Report