{"chart":{"slug":"car-theft-rate-by-state","title":"Which states have the most car thefts?","takeaway":"In 2025 District of Columbia had the highest car theft rate, about 698 stolen vehicles per 100,000 people, followed by Nevada (401) and New Mexico (334). Vermont (49), New Hampshire (54) and Idaho (54) had the lowest; the U.S. rate was about 200. Rates count only the police agencies that reported to the FBI; in 2025 those covered only about 80 to 85% of residents in a few states, such as Florida and Mississippi. Since 2021, when the FBI began taking only its newer NIBRS reports, state rates don't line up exactly with earlier years.","topic":"Crime","chart_type":"bar","ranking":true,"x_label":"State","y_label":"Motor vehicle thefts per 100,000 people","unit":null,"points_count":52,"source":{"name":"FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program","url":"https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/explorer/crime/crime-trend"},"license":{"name":"Public domain (U.S. government work); source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program","url":"https://www.usa.gov/government-copyright"},"data_as_of":"2025-12-31","updated_at":"2026-10-17T18:50:40.562Z","url":"https://chart.ly/charts/car-theft-rate-by-state","api_url":"https://chart.ly/api/v1/charts/car-theft-rate-by-state","csv_url":"https://chart.ly/charts/car-theft-rate-by-state/data.csv","image_url":"https://chart.ly/charts/car-theft-rate-by-state/image.png","embed_url":"https://chart.ly/charts/car-theft-rate-by-state/embed","credit":"FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, via Chartly (https://chart.ly/charts/car-theft-rate-by-state)","credit_html":"FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, via \u003ca href=\"https://chart.ly/charts/car-theft-rate-by-state\"\u003eChartly\u003c/a\u003e","average_label":"U.S. overall","zero_axis":true,"data":[{"label":"District of Columbia","value":698.3},{"label":"Nevada","value":400.9},{"label":"New Mexico","value":334.3},{"label":"Maryland","value":319.6},{"label":"California","value":317.4},{"label":"Colorado","value":314.5},{"label":"Missouri","value":297.9},{"label":"Hawaii","value":291.7},{"label":"Alaska","value":280.9},{"label":"Washington","value":258.8},{"label":"Texas","value":250.9},{"label":"Illinois","value":247.6},{"label":"Tennessee","value":229.0},{"label":"Kansas","value":224.6},{"label":"Oregon","value":217.4},{"label":"North Carolina","value":207.2},{"label":"U.S. overall","value":199.8},{"label":"Oklahoma","value":196.1},{"label":"Kentucky","value":192.8},{"label":"Ohio","value":191.2},{"label":"Delaware","value":190.7},{"label":"Pennsylvania","value":190.3},{"label":"Michigan","value":187.6},{"label":"Nebraska","value":186.5},{"label":"Arizona","value":183.3},{"label":"Indiana","value":177.0},{"label":"Connecticut","value":172.1},{"label":"Louisiana","value":167.7},{"label":"Minnesota","value":165.9},{"label":"South Carolina","value":165.2},{"label":"Alabama","value":162.9},{"label":"Georgia","value":160.4},{"label":"North Dakota","value":154.1},{"label":"New Jersey","value":148.4},{"label":"South Dakota","value":145.2},{"label":"Mississippi","value":144.3},{"label":"Arkansas","value":142.0},{"label":"Montana","value":137.3},{"label":"Wisconsin","value":134.8},{"label":"New York","value":128.7},{"label":"Iowa","value":119.7},{"label":"Virginia","value":114.4},{"label":"Rhode Island","value":105.5},{"label":"Utah","value":97.0},{"label":"Massachusetts","value":88.9},{"label":"Wyoming","value":82.4},{"label":"West Virginia","value":71.8},{"label":"Florida","value":66.4},{"label":"Maine","value":60.4},{"label":"Idaho","value":53.8},{"label":"New Hampshire","value":53.6},{"label":"Vermont","value":49.4}],"annotations":[]},"docs":"https://chart.ly/developers","terms":"Free to use with credit: wherever you show or quote a chart's data, name Chartly with a link to that chart's url (each chart's credit line does both) and credit its source as its license asks.","credit":"FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, via Chartly (https://chart.ly/charts/car-theft-rate-by-state)"}