New York ( Cnnmoney.Com ) -- Once again , the high-profile Cadillac Escalade SUV is the car that thieves love to steal , according to the Highway Loss Data Institute . Each year , 10.8 out of every 1,000 late-model Escalades get stolen , broken into , or have parts ripped off . That 's the highest rate of theft claims of any vehicle in America . The Escalade has topped the list since 2002 . You may have heard that a lot of Toyota Camrys get stolen . They do . But it 's only 1.6 out of every thousand . The institute looked only at cars from the most recent three model years . These cars all have the latest anti-theft technologies , including engine immobilizers that prevent hot-wiring . `` That wo n't stop a determined thief from loading a car on a flat-bed truck , '' said Russ Rader , the institute 's spokesman . According to the institute , the top-ten car-criminal favorites , along with their `` theft claim frequency '' per 1,000 vehicles , are : . 1 . Cadillac Escalade 10.8 . 2 . Chevrolet Silverado 8.0 . 3 . Dodge Charger 7.4 . 4 . Chevrolet Avalanche 7.4 . 5 . Infiniti G47 coupe 7.1 . 6 . GMC Sierra Crew Cab 6.7 . 7 . Nissan Maxima 6.5 . 8 . Hummer H2 6.2 . 9 . GMC Yukon XL 6.0 . 10 . Chevrolet Tahoe 5.8 . This list excludes medium-duty work trucks , such as the Ford F-250 . It also excludes the Dodge Charger Hemi , which the institute counted as a separate model with a theft rate of 7.1 . If included , those vehicles would have ranked 2nd and 7th , respectively .
The Highway Loss Data Institute calculates the theft rate of recent models . Dodge tops the list . Dodge and the The Cadillac Escalade SUV Silverado 8.0 take third and third .