Research & data reports
Data-driven reports on asset tracking, equipment theft, downtime, compliance and fleet management, written for operators who run real assets. Every figure is sourced, and every chart is free to cite and embed with attribution.
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The Australian Equipment Theft Index (2026)
Original analysis of 31 years of NSW recorded crime data. Theft from vehicles is down 72% since 2001 and worksite break-ins down 85%, but vehicle theft has reversed and risen 42% since 2021, and regional centres outrank Sydney by 2.5 times.
Read the report→The MapTrack Fleet Census · August 2026What Equipment Fleets Actually Track (2026)
The first study on this site built from MapTrack product data. Across a census of actively used equipment fleets, the median fleet spans five of eight asset classes, date fields beat money fields, and 96% of attached evidence is photographs.
Read the report→Publisher kit · July 2026Citation Centre
Publisher-ready MapTrack statistics, reports, charts, calculators and template embeds for stories about equipment loss, downtime and asset tracking.
Open citation centre→Data index · July 2026Australian Equipment Loss & Downtime Index 2026
Theft, idle and underused assets, downtime by sector and the ROI of tracking - what equipment loss and unplanned downtime cost Australian operators in 2026.
Read the report→Industry report · June 2026State of Equipment Tracking in Australia 2026
Theft, downtime, asset visibility, compliance penalties and the ROI of going digital - the 2026 data for Australian operators, with embeddable charts.
Read the report→More reports are on the way, including first-party benchmarks drawn from anonymised MapTrack platform data. Want the underlying data or a regional cut for a story? Get in touch.
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