U.S. Jewelry Crime Statistics

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1. The dollar losses from crimes against U.S. jewelry firms reported by JSA for the 20-year period 2002 to 2021 totaled $2.2 billion on an inflation adjusted basis.

2. In 2021 the total dollar losses from crimes against U.S. jewelry firms reported by JSA was $70.1 million, a decrease from $83.2 million in 2020. The 2021 losses were also a decrease of 30.6% from 2019, pre-Covid, when dollar losses totaled $101 million.

3. In 2021 the total number of crimes committed against U.S. jewelry firms was 1,687, a decrease from 1,718 in 2020, a decrease of 1.8%. The number of crimes in 2021 represented an increase of 17.3% from 2019, pre-Covid, when there were 1438 crimes reported by JSA.

4. Grab & Run thefts increased from 581 in 2020 to 842 in 2021, an increase of 44.9%.

5. There were 85 smash and grab robberies in 2021, of which 54 were in malls and 12 in strip centers.

6. The number of on-premises burglaries declined from 633 in 2020 to 311 in 2021, due to fewer incidents of looting and civil unrest. Of the 311 burglaries in 2021, 150 were in malls, including mall kiosks. The average loss from a safe attack increased from $287,000 in 2020 to $639,000 in 2021.