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The 2010 Heavy Equipment National Theft Report recorded 13,374 theft reports, according to the National Equipment Register (NER) and the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB). Just 19% percent of the heavy equipment stolen was recovered.
The top five states with the most incidents of heavy equipment theft:
1) Texas
2) Florida
3) North Carolina
4) Georgia
5) South Carolina
Those states accounted for 43 percent of total equipment theft.
Source: National Insurance Crime Bureau and National Equipment Register