Auto thefts drop 3.3% in '11, insurers report

DES PLAINES, Ill. -- U.S. auto thefts dropped 3.3 percent last year from 737,142 in 2010, according to preliminary data released Tuesday by the National Insurance Crime Bureau.

Thefts fell 7.2 percent in 2010 to the lowest levels since 1967, the bureau said, citing data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.