The City Where Your Car Is Most Likely to Be Stolen in Every State

Special Report

December 27, 2021 12:00 pm

City of Wheat Ridge Municipal Building by Jeffrey Beall

City of Wheat Ridge Municipal Building (CC BY 4.0) by Jeffrey Beall

Colorado: Wheat Ridge
> 2020 vehicle thefts per 100K people: 1,173.3 (Colorado: 524.3)
> Total vehicle thefts: 369 (Colorado: 30,452)
> Property crimes per 100K people: 5,322.6 (Colorado: 2,833.8)
> Total property crimes: 1,674 (Colorado: 164,582)
> Population: 31,331

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Connecticut: New Haven
> 2020 vehicle thefts per 100K people: 584.0 (Connecticut: 236.8)
> Total vehicle thefts: 761 (Connecticut: 8,422)
> Property crimes per 100K people: 3,511.2 (Connecticut: 1,565.1)
> Total property crimes: 4,575 (Connecticut: 55,670)
> Population: 130,331

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Delaware: Wilmington
> 2020 vehicle thefts per 100K people: 613.4 (Delaware: 168.7)
> Total vehicle thefts: 430 (Delaware: 1,665)
> Property crimes per 100K people: 3,706.1 (Delaware: 1,961.4)
> Total property crimes: 2,598 (Delaware: 19,355)
> Population: 70,644

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Florida: Fort Lauderdale
> 2020 vehicle thefts per 100K people: 492.0 (Florida: 176.1)
> Total vehicle thefts: 907 (Florida: 38,271)
> Property crimes per 100K people: 4,156.3 (Florida: 1,769.4)
> Total property crimes: 7,662 (Florida: 384,556)
> Population: 180,124

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Georgia: South Fulton
> 2020 vehicle thefts per 100K people: 566.3 (Georgia: 238.2)
> Total vehicle thefts: 570 (Georgia: 25,506)
> Property crimes per 100K people: 2,676.4 (Georgia: 2,007.4)
> Total property crimes: 2,694 (Georgia: 214,988)
> Population: 96,283

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