The Top 10 Metro Areas in the US for Car Theft
The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) has released its annual list of the ten metropolitan areas with the highest rates of car theft in the US. According to NICB, the ten Metropolitan Statistical Areas with the highest rates of car theft in 2009 were:
| Car Thefts by Metro Area | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Metro Area | Thefts | Theft Rate* |
| 1 | Laredo, TX | 1792 | 742.22 |
| 2 | Modesto, CA | 3712 | 727.29 |
| 3 | Bakersfield, CA | 5530 | 684.91 |
| 4 | Stockton, CA | 4479 | 663.69 |
| 5 | Fresno, CA | 5875 | 641.89 |
| 6 | Yakima, WA | 1525 | 637.93 |
| 7 | San Francisco/Oakland/Fremont, CA | 26374 | 610.81 |
| 8 | Visalia/Porterville, CA | 2440 | 567.88 |
| 9 | Las Vegas, NV | 10706 | 562.63 |
| 10 | Albuquerque, NM | 4815 | 561.25 |
| Source: Vehicle theft data from the National Crime Information Center * Theft rate is the number of car thefts per 100,000 people |
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If you live in one of these areas, auto insurance is a more important consideration for you than for most drivers especially if you have one of the ten most stolen cars in the US.
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