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Texas tops heavy equipment theft list: National Insurance Crime Bureau

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Texas tops heavy equipment theft list: National Insurance Crime Bureau

Texas led the nation in heavy equipment thefts last year, with loaders being the most frequently stolen piece of machinery, the National Insurance Crime Bureau said in a report released Wednesday.

There were 6,474 non-mower heavy equipment thefts nationwide last year, and just 28% of the machinery was recovered, the Des Plaines, Ill.-based NICB said in the report.

Texas recorded 1,023 thefts, the most of any state. Rounding out the top five states with the most thefts were California with 550, Florida with 525, North Carolina with 307 and Georgia with 276.

The report said Miami was the city with the highest number of thefts at 130, followed by Houston with 121.

The report examines thefts using data submitted by law enforcement agencies and is available at www.nicb.org.

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