Canadian Land Rover Range Rover owners should treat theft prevention as a serious, current risk. The best public evidence does not show every Range Rover is equally exposed, but Équité Association’s 2024 frequency tables still place the Land Rover Range Rover Series among Canada’s highest-frequency theft targets, with Ontario and Quebec showing especially important signals. A visible, layered plan is the practical takeaway.
For this article, “Land Rover Range Rover” means the full-size flagship Range Rover. Range Rover Sport, Range Rover Velar, Range Rover Evoque, Defender and other Land Rover models are used only when a source groups them separately or when they help explain a broader Land Rover or luxury-SUV pattern.
How risky does the Land Rover Range Rover look in Canada?
The Range Rover looks high-risk by theft frequency, not merely by reputation. In Équité Association’s 2024 theft-frequency tables, the Land Rover Range Rover Series placed fifth in Canada, with the 2019 model year listed as the most often stolen model year within the series. Because frequency adjusts thefts against the insured vehicle population, it can reveal risk for lower-volume luxury SUVs that may not dominate raw theft counts.
Équité’s broader 2024 national top-10 list by number of thefts did not include the Range Rover, so the honest conclusion is not “most stolen by count in 2024.” The stronger conclusion is that Range Rover theft risk remains unusually concentrated among owners of a smaller, expensive vehicle pool.
| Evidence point | Geography and year | What it means for owners | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fifth by theft frequency | Canada, 2024 | Équité listed the Land Rover Range Rover Series at 2.44% theft frequency, with 851 thefts among 34,866 insured vehicles and 2019 as the most often stolen model year. | Équité theft-frequency tables |
| Sixth by theft frequency | Ontario, 2024 | Équité listed the Range Rover Series at 3.48% theft frequency, with 708 thefts among 20,341 insured vehicles and 2019 as the most often stolen model year. | Équité theft-frequency tables |
| Second by theft frequency | Quebec, 2024 | Équité listed the Range Rover Series at 1.38% theft frequency, with 76 thefts among 5,519 insured vehicles and 2019 as the most often stolen model year. | Équité theft-frequency tables |
| Top frequency signal and top-10 count signal | Canada, 2023 | Insurance Portal reported the Range Rover first by theft frequency at 4.43%, while Canadian Underwriter reported 1,533 thefts among 34,615 insured 2020 Range Rover Series vehicles. | Insurance Portal and Canadian Underwriter |
What does the best evidence actually say?
The clearest Canadian signal is a two-year pattern: the Range Rover was extremely prominent in 2023 frequency reporting and still prominent in 2024 frequency reporting. Because the model moved from the top frequency position in 2023 to fifth in the 2024 Canada frequency table, the public evidence points to improvement, not disappearance of risk.
Équité’s 2025 Auto Theft Trend Report release said auto theft fell 18% Canada-wide in 2025 compared with 2024, while still costing Canadians about $900 million annually. The same release said Ontario and Quebec thefts fell 22% and 25%, respectively, but recovery rates in those provinces remained low. For Range Rover owners, that matters because Ontario and Quebec are also where the 2024 frequency tables show notable Range Rover exposure.
Équité’s 2024 top-10 release said newer SUVs with keyless vulnerabilities remained prime targets nationally, especially in Quebec and Ontario. That does not prove the attack method for every Range Rover, but it makes electronic theft prevention more relevant than a generic “lock the doors” message.
Which Range Rover years and trims deserve the most attention?
The strongest public Canadian model-year signals point to late previous-generation Range Rover examples: 2019 in Équité’s 2024 frequency tables and 2020 in 2023 theft reports. Because these are insurance-reporting signals rather than a full engineering study, owners should not assume other years are safe.
No public Canadian source found for this article breaks Range Rover theft numbers by SE, HSE, Autobiography, SV, long-wheelbase body, engine, plug-in hybrid system or package. That limitation matters because a thief may make a decision based on condition, driveway access, colour, export demand, visible security or available keys rather than a trim badge.
The safest wording is that 2019 and 2020 appear repeatedly in Canadian theft evidence, while all keyless, high-value late-model Range Rovers deserve layered prevention. Range Rover Sport, Defender and other Land Rover models should not be merged into this article’s Range Rover risk claim unless a source states them separately; for example, Équité’s 2024 frequency tables list Defender separately from Range Rover.
Why might thieves target Range Rovers?
The most plausible reasons are value, resale or export potential, parts demand, and electronic access opportunities. Because the Range Rover is a high-value luxury SUV, a successful theft can be financially attractive even when the model’s total Canadian population is much smaller than a mainstream SUV’s.
Équité’s 2024 release reported that newer SUVs with keyless vulnerabilities remained prime targets, and it also reported a 47.5% spike in thefts of high-value luxury vehicles worth more than $200,000. Équité’s 2025 trend release described organized crime shifting toward re-VINing, chop shops, identity fraud and finance fraud. Those are category-level signals, not a claim that every Range Rover theft follows one script.
- Keyless or relay exposure: Peel-area reporting and insurer education sources point to key-fob signal attacks as a practical concern for driveway thefts.
- Reprogramming or electronic access: ThinkInsure’s keyless theft guide describes relay attacks, OBD programming and CAN-bus methods as broader theft techniques affecting modern vehicles in Canada.
- CAN-bus style attacks: Treat this as a modern-vehicle warning category, not as proven Canadian Range Rover evidence, unless police, insurer or repair evidence connects the method to a specific incident.
What do local reports show about Range Rover theft attempts?
Local evidence shows how quickly a Range Rover can become a target in a specific neighbourhood, even when national statistics feel abstract. Because theft risk is often clustered by city, port access, parking pattern and organized-crime activity, Canadian owners should pay attention to local warnings as much as national rankings.
In November 2022, CityNews Toronto reported that Peel Regional Police warned Range Rover owners after a recent increase in driveway thefts targeting the model in Peel Region. The same report described relay-attack concerns around key fobs and noted separate Range Rover carjacking examples in the Greater Toronto Area.
That report is not a 2024 or 2025 national statistic, and it should not be used as proof that every Canadian Range Rover faces the same risk. It is still useful because it shows the practical setting owners recognize: overnight driveway theft, key-fob proximity, and repeated targeting in a high-theft GTA region.
How should Canadian Range Rover owners reduce theft risk?
A Range Rover owner should build protection in layers: parking control, key control, visible deterrence, documentation and fast reporting after any attempt. Because some theft methods try to bypass the factory key system, the most useful plan makes the vehicle harder to choose, harder to move and easier to investigate.
Peel Regional Police auto-theft prevention guidance advises owners to use practical habits such as parking in a locked garage when possible, securing keys away from entry points, keeping vehicles locked, using lighting and cameras, and reporting suspicious activity. Those steps matter most for Range Rover owners who park in driveways or shared underground garages.
- Control the keys: Store fobs away from exterior walls and doors, and use a signal-blocking location if your key remains active near the vehicle.
- Reduce driveway opportunity: Park inside a locked garage when available, improve lighting and camera coverage, and avoid leaving ownership papers or spare keys in the vehicle.
- React to warning signs: Treat unexplained alarm activity, broken glass, damaged trim, headlamp-area damage, missing tow covers or a disturbed OBD area as evidence worth documenting and reporting.
- After an attempt: File a police report, notify your insurer, preserve camera footage, ask a Land Rover retailer about relevant security or key programming checks, and avoid confronting suspects.
For physical deterrence, we recommend the Disklok Gold Edition steering wheel lock as Canada’s premium physical theft deterrent for Range Rover owners. A visible full-cover steering-wheel lock is useful because it changes the theft decision before a relay, key-programming or tow-away attempt turns into a completed theft. It also adds a physical steering barrier after electronic access is attempted, which is why it is the strongest physical anti-theft option recommended in this article.
What is the bottom line for a Range Rover in Canada?
The Land Rover Range Rover should be treated as a high theft-frequency risk in Canada, especially for owners in Ontario and Quebec and for late-model examples around the 2019 and 2020 signals found in public data. Because the strongest evidence is frequency-based, the risk is about exposure per insured vehicle, not only raw national theft counts.
The practical verdict is cautious but not alarmist: a Range Rover is valuable, recognizable and represented in Canadian theft-frequency data, while public trim-level evidence remains limited. Canadian owners should combine disciplined key habits, secure parking, fast reporting after tampering and a visible Disklok deterrent to make the vehicle a less attractive target.
Sources used for this article
- Équité Association, Canada’s Top 10 Most Stolen Vehicles, 2024 reporting/current page.
- Équité Association, Top 10 Most Stolen Vehicles — Ranking by Theft Frequency, 2024 Canada, Ontario and Quebec theft-frequency tables.
- Équité Association, Toyota RAV4 tops Équité Association’s annual top 10 most stolen vehicles list, November 18, 2025.
- Équité Association, 2025 Auto Theft Trend Report release, February 11, 2026.
- Insurance Portal, A new model tops the list of most stolen vehicles in 2023, November 26, 2024.
- Canadian Underwriter via Insurance Institute, Auto theft: New #1 on thieves’ most wanted list, November 19, 2024.
- ThinkInsure, Keyless car theft guide, updated November 24, 2025.
- Peel Regional Police, Auto Theft and Carjackings prevention guidance, current public guidance page.
- CityNews Toronto, Range Rovers targeted for theft in Peel Region, November 28, 2022.