Carjackings

"Although carjacking is technically a form of robbery, carjacking is a hybrid offense because it draws from elements of both regular robbery and motor vehicle theft."

From the research article Carjacking: Scope, Structure, Process, and Prevention 

Bureau of Justice Statistics 2022 Report:

Carjacking Victimization, 1995–2021

"Key Findings

Based on 3-year moving averages, the rate of nonfatal carjacking victimization1 declined 78%, from 0.53 per 1,000 persons age 16 or older in 1995 to 0.12 per 1,000 in 2021 (figure 1).2

Over the past 10 years (2012–2021), the rate of nonfatal carjacking victimization has ranged from 0.09 per 1,000 persons to 0.15 per 1,000.

During 2012–21, nonfatal carjackings were more likely to take place at or near the victim’s home (39%) than in other locations.

The majority of nonfatal carjackings involved an offender with a weapon (59%). Offenders armed with firearms accounted for 38% of nonfatal carjackings.

Victims were as likely to resist the offender in a nonfatal carjacking (53%) as to not resist during the crime (47%). About one in four (26%) nonfatal carjackings resulted in victim injury.

Offenders in nonfatal carjackings were more likely to be strangers to the victim (64%) than known to the victim (26%).

Males were as likely as females to experience nonfatal carjackings (0.12 per 1,000 each).

Black persons (0.26 per 1,000) were more likely than white persons (0.07 per 1,000) and as likely as Hispanic persons (0.22 per 1,000) to experience nonfatal carjackings.

The rate of nonfatal carjacking victimization of persons in households with annual incomes of below $75,000 (0.16 per 1,000) was more than three times that of those in households with incomes of $75,000 or more (0.05 per 1,000)."

New York Times article:

Ohio Mother Killed Trying to Stop a Carjacking With Her Son Inside