Which big U.S. cities have the most burglaries?

In 2025, Seattle, WA had the highest burglary rate of the 89 biggest U.S. cities whose police reported a full year to the FBI, about 982 per 100,000 people, followed by Cleveland, OH (767) and Memphis, TN (716). Virginia Beach, VA (62) and Gilbert, AZ (64) had the lowest; the U.S. rate was about 195. A burglary is breaking into a home, business or other building to steal or commit another crime. Departments that didn't report a full year are left out (for 2025, New Orleans, Orlando and St. Petersburg, Florida). Rates count only crimes reported to police. Each rate is per person the department serves, and a few, such as Las Vegas, Honolulu, Jacksonville and Louisville, serve their whole county. A city's rate also depends on where its borders fall, so compare cities with care.

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Key facts

Measure: Burglaries per 100,000 people. Written from the data below.

  • Seattle, WA has the highest figure, 981.7, followed by Cleveland, OH (767.2) and Memphis, TN (716.3).
  • Virginia Beach, VA has the lowest figure, 61.8, followed by Gilbert, AZ (64) and Chandler, AZ (90).
  • The highest is 16 times the lowest.
  • U.S. overall: 195.1. Of the 89 compared, 68 are above it and 21 below.

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Chartly. “Which big U.S. cities have the most burglaries?” Chart. Data: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/explorer/crime/crime-trend (data as of December 31, 2025). https://chart.ly/charts/burglary-rate-by-city (accessed October 27, 2026).

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City Burglaries per 100,000 people
Seattle, WA 981.7
Cleveland, OH 767.2
Memphis, TN 716.3
St. Louis, MO 685.5
Albuquerque, NM 674.4
Detroit, MI 634.3
Tulsa, OK 624.7
Portland, OR 605.7
Denver, CO 586.2
Wichita, KS 566.5
Cincinnati, OH 555.2
Winston-Salem, NC 551.6
Minneapolis, MN 549.2
Kansas City, MO 546.3
Oklahoma City, OK 529.6
Baltimore, MD 528.2
Oakland, CA 524.3
Corpus Christi, TX 508.4
Houston, TX 487.6
San Antonio, TX 470.1
San Francisco, CA 465.5
Toledo, OH 458.6
Lubbock, TX 457.4
Louisville, KY 441.9
Buffalo, NY 440.7
Austin, TX 439.7
Colorado Springs, CO 433.2
Greensboro, NC 424.4
Dallas, TX 424.3
St. Paul, MN 423.2
Bakersfield, CA 418.2
Indianapolis, IN 412.6
Las Vegas, NV 408.6
Long Beach, CA 408.2
Durham, NC 407.3
Sacramento, CA 403.2
Stockton, CA 393.6
Charlotte, NC 391.4
Columbus, OH 387.8
Nashville, TN 383
Anchorage, AK 369.5
Fresno, CA 350
Milwaukee, WI 341.6
San Jose, CA 338.9
Atlanta, GA 330.8
Los Angeles, CA 309.5
Raleigh, NC 300.6
Philadelphia, PA 298.8
Reno, NV 296.1
Fort Worth, TX 281.1
Riverside, CA 271.3
Phoenix, AZ 268
Irving, TX 252.1
Jacksonville, FL 248.5
Anaheim, CA 243.6
Aurora, CO 237.7
Chicago, IL 227.7
Pittsburgh, PA 224.9
Garland, TX 220.4
Glendale, AZ 220.3
Santa Ana, CA 217.4
Henderson, NV 207.9
Miami, FL 207.5
Lexington, KY 204.5
Arlington, TX 201.2
North Las Vegas, NV 199.1
Omaha, NE 198.6
Washington, DC 195.2
U.S. overall 195.1
Lincoln, NE 184.6
Newark, NJ 180.8
Fort Wayne, IN 179.3
Irvine, CA 171.5
Mesa, AZ 168.8
Boston, MA 158.7
Jersey City, NJ 152.7
New York, NY 150.8
Honolulu, HI 150.1
Laredo, TX 147.7
San Diego, CA 146.7
Madison, WI 137.2
Chula Vista, CA 125.7
Plano, TX 121
Chesapeake, VA 115.6
El Paso, TX 113.3
Tucson, AZ 111.3
Tampa, FL 106.3
Chandler, AZ 90
Gilbert, AZ 64
Virginia Beach, VA 61.8

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