Posted on Wednesday 14 December 2005
The estimate is that from 2002-2004, U.S. PC owners filed over 600,000 claims each year for computer theft— with the majority of the claims being resulting from stolen laptops.
For the UK, police forces figures from 2005 show that over 34,000 laptops, almost 100 per day, are reported stolen each year, and almost 72000 computers are stolen each year in the UK.
Most companies do not have laptop security policies. This is unfortunate, as their data is probably unprotected, and the chance of recovery next to nil. 97% of stolen computers are never recovered, but there are ways prevent being a vicitim of theft, and to be part of the 3% recovered.