U.S. metropolitan areas with the highest larceny theft rate 2020

In 2020, Great Falls, Montana had the highest rate of larceny theft in the United States, with 3,335 reported cases of larceny per 100,000 inhabitants. Fairbanks, Alaska had the second highest larceny theft rate, at 2,961.5 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

Metropolitan areas with the highest larceny theft rate in the United States in 2020 (per 100,000 inhabitants)

Metropolitan statistical area	Larceny theft cases per 100,000 inhabitants
Great Falls, MT	3,335
Fairbanks, AK	2,961.5
Salt Lake City, UT	2,842.9
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	2,693.4
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	2,681.3
Alexandria, LA	2,647
Joplin, MO	2,646.4
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	2,594.6
Monroe, LA	2,536.2
Florence, SC	2,524.5
Anchorage, AK	2,523.4
Lubbock, TX	2,487.1
Billings, MT	2,456.1
St. Joseph, MO-KS	2,451.8
Baton Rouge, LA	2,413.3
Springfield, MO	2,412.5
Lake Charles, LA	2,404.5
Columbia, SC	2,378.9
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	2,311.5
Albuquerque, NM	2,303.5
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	2,291
Medford, OR	2,279.6
Tucson, AZ	2,265.9
Chattanooga, TN-GA	2,181.2
Grand Junction, CO	2,180.7
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	2,175.5
Corpus Christi, TX	2,139.6
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO	2,124.7
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	2,083.1
Fort Smith, AR-OK	2,074.6
Bismarck, ND	2,064.4
Salem, OR	2,064.3
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	2,061.9
Missoula, MT	2,058.7
Hot Springs, AR	2,056.9
Boulder, CO	2,051.3
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	2,049.1
Springfield, OH	2,037.4
Cheyenne, WY	2,031.6
Albany, GA	2,026.6
Amarillo, TX	2,015.3
Sumter, SC	2,011.4
Panama City, FL	1,982.8
Pine Bluff, AR	1,976
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA	1,965
Rapid City, SD	1,948.8
Odessa, TX	1,931.8
San Angelo, TX	1,928.9
Cleveland, TN	1,922.2
Tulsa, OK	1,908

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September 2021

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Survey time period

2020

Supplementary notes

* The source only includes data for metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) where at least 75 percent of the agencies within the MSA reported data and for which the principal city/cities submitted 12 months of complete data for 2020. Accordingly, the following large MSAs are not included: New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Seattle, Denver, St Louis, Charlotte, Pittsburgh, Kansas City and Indianapolis.

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