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Latest complete month: September 2026, police departments via the FBI

Vehicle theft rate by city, 2026

Oakland, CA had the highest reported vehicle theft rate of the 155 U.S. cities and county areas with at least 100,000 residents over each one’s latest 12 reported months (55 of them to Aug 2026): 1,448 per 100,000 residents, 6.1 times the median of 238. Meridian, ID had the lowest, 26. Compared with the 12 months before, vehicle thefts fell in 95 of them and rose in 7, with 2 about the same.

The theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle: cars, trucks, SUVs, motorcycles and other vehicles that run on land. Taking a car from its driver by force or threat, a carjacking, is robbery, not vehicle theft.

The 155 cities and county areas together

12 months each
Vehicle thefts reported
227,074
All of them, per 100k
334
Median place, per 100k
238
Fewer, same, more than a year earlier

Month by month same 104 cities and county areas

Vehicle thefts per month in the 104 ranked cities and county areas with every month through July 2026, against the same months a year earlier: the same places in every month. It stops a month short of the table because agencies keep adding to their latest month for weeks.

05,00010,00015,00020,000AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul12,38516,420
Vehicle thefts per month in the same 104 cities and county areas, Aug 2025 to Jul 2026 and a year earlier
MonthVehicle theftsMonth a year earlierVehicle thefts
Aug 202515587Aug 202417235
Sep 202514246Sep 202416081
Oct 202514313Oct 202416330
Nov 202512842Nov 202414875
Dec 202512558Dec 202415463
Jan 202611629Jan 202515276
Feb 202610608Feb 202514026
Mar 202612019Mar 202515218
Apr 202611891Apr 202514674
May 202613047May 202515956
Jun 202613128Jun 202515495
Jul 202612385Jul 202516420

All 155 cities and county areas, highest rate first

100,000+ residents, 20+ vehicle thefts

Sorted by vehicle theft rate, highest first.

Vehicle theft reported per 100,000 residents a year in 155 U.S. cities and county areas, with counts, the change from the 12 months before and population
#Place12 monthsPer 100ka yearReportedin 12 monthsChangevs. 12 months beforeResidentsTheft from vehiclesper 100k a year
1Oakland, CAto Dec 20251,4486,431—444,211—not reported separately
2Minneapolis, MNto Aug 20261,2335,278−3%428,0571,2695,430 reported
3Philadelphia, PAto Jul 202696915,141−5%1,562,37980612,586 reported
4Kansas City, MOto Jul 20268904,612−36%518,0398544,425 reported
5Milwaukee, WIto Feb 20268314,650—559,7175633,149 reported
6Baltimore, MDto Jul 20267904,447−5%562,8111,0946,157 reported
7Long Beach, CAto Dec 20257253,245—447,3176072,713 reported
8Kansas City, KSto May 20266741,057—156,815507795 reported
9Seattle, WAto Jul 20266455,104−21%791,5031,41611,207 reported
10Rochester, NYto Jun 20266301,300—206,391447922 reported
11Newark, NJto Jul 20266071,933−21%318,6383661,167 reported
12Portland, ORto Aug 20265833,680−15%631,4831,2768,059 reported
13Indianapolis, INto Oct 20255675,125—903,5745785,219 reported
14New Haven, CTto May 2026564788—139,7157521,050 reported
15San Antonio, TXto Aug 20265578,636−13%1,549,3061,05716,378 reported
16Hartford, CTto Aug 2026537658−22%122,548521639 reported
17Prince George's County, MD (County Police)to Jun 20265333,953—741,4776044,482 reported
18Louisville, KYto Jul 20265293,657−26%691,6308836,106 reported
19Anchorage, AKto Mar 20265051,451—287,385—not reported separately
20Buffalo, NYto May 20264991,380—276,3847552,088 reported
21Peoria, ILto Aug 2026497554−14%111,389625696 reported
22Houston, TXto Mar 202649611,974—2,413,5591,24730,108 reported
23Greensboro, NCto Dec 20254961,539—310,3286882,134 reported
24San Jose, CAto Jul 20264844,811−10%994,4355165,130 reported
25San Bernardino, CAto Aug 20264781,078−22%225,4485071,144 reported
26Memphis, TNto Aug 20264752,880−59%606,6297334,447 reported
27Shreveport, LAto Jul 2026456794−24%174,114507882 reported
28Lakewood, COto Jul 2026455714−34%157,0166411,006 reported
29Las Cruces, NMto Jul 2026449532−30%118,356626741 reported
30Las Vegas, NVto May 20264477,651—1,712,1364086,982 reported
31Los Angeles, CAto Aug 202644017,142+14%3,898,74758322,737 reported
32Springfield, MAto Jun 2026429662—154,390539832 reported
33Lansing, MIto Aug 2026428491−21%114,787335384 reported
34North Las Vegas, NVto Jun 20264201,273—302,881236715 reported
35Paterson, NJto Jul 2026414665−21%160,5677591,219 reported
36Springfield, MOto Jul 2026399682−11%170,9588901,521 reported
37Nashville, TNto Aug 20263952,835−40%718,4999306,682 reported
38Tulsa, OKto Apr 20263871,607—415,5285732,380 reported
39Elizabeth, NJto Jul 2026382540−29%141,194557787 reported
40Fresno, CAto Aug 20263822,107−21%551,9696583,633 reported
41San Francisco, CAto Dec 20253743,050—815,330—not reported separately
42Sacramento, CAto Jul 20263722,002−15%538,3894262,294 reported
43Montgomery, ALto Aug 2026368717−30%194,77572141 reported
44Omaha, NEto Aug 20263671,791−30%488,3954642,267 reported
45Independence, MOto Jul 2026352427−44%121,329593720 reported
46Gresham, ORto Jul 2026340377−31%110,776311345 reported
47Topeka, KSto Dec 2025335419—125,228529663 reported
48Richmond, VAto Jun 2026333785—235,9959822,317 reported
49Maui County, HI (County Police)to Apr 2026332539—162,116463751 reported
50Rockford, ILto Aug 2026316465−37%147,186346509 reported
51Phoenix, AZto Jul 20263065,168−23%1,688,662—not reported separately
52Honolulu, HIto Nov 20253043,002—987,0002752,711 reported
53Little Rock, ARto Jul 2026304624−16%205,3206361,306 reported
54Vancouver, WAto May 2026299600—200,968346696 reported
55Hampton, VAto Jul 2026293404+5%138,041400552 reported
56Pittsburgh, PAto Mar 2026291893—306,7944541,392 reported
57North Charleston, SCto Jul 2026285367−22%128,751743957 reported
58Salt Lake City, UTto Jul 2026285633−33%222,3041,0722,383 reported
59Riverside, CAto Aug 2026281915−26%325,8584471,458 reported
60Fremont, CAto Aug 2026281639−28%227,6355191,182 reported
61Fargo, NDto Aug 2026279388−16%138,990386537 reported
62Norfolk, VAto Jul 2026277637−7%230,0689732,238 reported
63Oklahoma City, OKto Jul 20262761,987−17%720,5805543,989 reported
64Raleigh, NCto Aug 20262721,383−28%508,7195062,574 reported
65Fort Worth, TXto Aug 20262702,786−33%1,030,4104284,412 reported
66Jersey City, NJto Aug 2026264807−5%305,249276842 reported
67San Diego, CAto Aug 20262603,660−18%1,409,4323334,689 reported
68Kent, WAto May 2026259354—136,591362494 reported
69Fort Lauderdale, FLto Aug 2026255487−39%191,1996921,323 reported
70Glendale, AZto May 2026253659—260,498375977 reported
71Montgomery County, MD (County Police)to Jun 20262522,332—924,5734634,277 reported
72Reno, NVto Apr 2026249713—286,0604381,253 reported
73Jackson, MSto Jul 2026247343—138,701262363 reported
74Evansville, INto Jun 2026247284—114,905259298 reported
75Fayetteville, NCto Aug 2026243509−29%209,1515311,111 reported
76Howard County, MD (County Police)to Jul 2026242825−23%340,3153191,087 reported
77Lexington, KYto Jul 2026241798−7%330,9943921,297 reported
78Sioux Falls, SDto Feb 2026238509—213,449318678 reported
79Knoxville, TNto Aug 2026236473−23%200,645385773 reported
80Pasadena, TXto Aug 2026235351−31%149,168372555 reported
81Killeen, TXto Feb 2026232376—162,382363590 reported
82Everett, WAto Jul 2026229260−52%113,547511580 reported
83Oxnard, CAto Jul 2026224449−35%200,296367736 reported
84Aurora, ILto Dec 2025223404—180,824147265 reported
85Newport News, VAto Dec 2025223408—182,798444811 reported
86Grand Rapids, MIto Jul 2026218437−30%200,4675511,104 reported
87Irving, TXto Aug 2026215554−31%258,220381984 reported
88Henderson, NVto Jul 2026205733−30%358,3662881,031 reported
89Lafayette, LAto Jul 2026203249−38%122,489—not reported separately
90Fontana, CAto Jul 2026203448−17%220,837219484 reported
91Santa Ana, CAto Jun 2026199633—317,4393861,224 reported
92Lincoln, NEto Aug 2026197596−19%302,8603861,169 reported
93Salem, ORto Aug 2026197357−40%181,534267485 reported
94Hawaii County, HI (County Police)to May 2026194407—210,328178374 reported
95Garland, TXto Aug 2026193486−33%251,332351881 reported
96Green Bay, WIto Mar 2026190202—106,069189200 reported
97Fayetteville, ARto Jun 2026184194—105,335428451 reported
98Lubbock, TXto Jul 2026182501−21%275,7135201,433 reported
99Miami, FLto Jul 2026181903−35%498,7924652,321 reported
100Anne Arundel County, MD (County Police)to Jul 20261811,017−27%562,0333471,953 reported
101Midland, TXto Aug 2026180264−8%146,444350513 reported
102El Paso, TXto Aug 20261791,218−39%682,3101611,097 reported
103New York, NYto Jul 202617814,823−9%8,336,81726722,299 reported
104Huntsville, ALto Aug 2026177415−21%234,043279654 reported
105Santa Clarita, CAto Dec 2025174397—228,353—not reported separately
106Lowell, MAto May 2026173210—121,283378459 reported
107Jacksonville, FLto Jul 20261731,744−23%1,008,9204144,180 reported
108Denton, TXto Jul 2026171296no change172,882282487 reported
109Miami-Dade County, FL (County Police)to Aug 20261641,970−28%1,200,0033263,915 reported
110Fort Wayne, INto Jan 2026164451—275,4513941,084 reported
111Joliet, ILto Aug 2026160243+21%152,211226344 reported
112Norman, OKto May 2026155204—131,728363478 reported
113Eugene, ORto May 2026154275—178,886551986 reported
114Providence, RIto Jun 2026147288—195,376370723 reported
115Grand Prairie, TXto Aug 2026145305−34%210,147180379 reported
116Glendale, CAto Jul 2026138257−23%185,849342635 reported
117Modesto, CAto Jul 2026133294−45%221,064275609 reported
118Moreno Valley, CAto Aug 2026131282−34%215,203—not reported separately
119Mesa, AZto Aug 2026129669−26%519,9901951,013 reported
120Huntington Beach, CAto Dec 2025124238—191,856—not reported separately
121Overland Park, KSto Aug 2026123252−43%204,173251512 reported
122New Castle County, DE (County Police)to May 2026118519—439,696183806 reported
123Manchester, NHto Aug 2026109127−9%116,606406473 reported
124Scottsdale, AZto Jul 2026104258−29%247,258240593 reported
125Laredo, TXto Aug 202694248−31%262,723187492 reported
126Madison, WIto Mar 202694271—287,992236681 reported
127Fort Collins, COto Jul 202693160−42%171,159232397 reported
128Tampa, FLto Feb 202691383—421,313187787 reported
129Peoria, AZto Apr 202690181—201,962208421 reported
130Elgin, ILto Mar 20268597—114,717147169 reported
131Clarksville, TNto Aug 202681154−57%190,532135258 reported
132St. Mary's County, MD (Sheriff)to Jun 20268194—116,720176206 reported
133Pinellas County, FL (Sheriff)to Aug 202678201−13%257,198185475 reported
134Bellevue, WAto Jul 202678121−56%155,043270418 reported
135Harford County, MD (Sheriff)to Jul 202674164−7%221,056102225 reported
136Hernando County, FL (Sheriff)to Aug 202668143+38%210,286117246 reported
137Marion County, FL (Sheriff)to Aug 202664228+37%355,347140497 reported
138Washington County, MD (Sheriff)to Aug 20266265−26%104,674107112 reported
139Plano, TXto Aug 202659174−45%295,030212625 reported
140Clearwater, FLto Jul 20265665−19%116,679187218 reported
141Provo, UTto Jul 20265564−26%115,576158183 reported
142Frisco, TXto Aug 202651124+5%244,103115281 reported
143Rochester, MNto Sep 20264961−38%124,142154191 reported
144McKinney, TXto Aug 202649115−14%235,73192216 reported
145Olathe, KSto Aug 20264771−49%150,96591138 reported
146Pembroke Pines, FLto Aug 20264682−31%180,075120216 reported
147Irvine, CAto Sep 202645145−15%321,339167536 reported
148Pasco County, FL (Sheriff)to Aug 202641251−13%617,15884518 reported
149Gilbert, AZto Aug 202640118−36%293,851101297 reported
150Naperville, ILto Jun 20263148—154,06282127 reported
151Frederick County, MD (Sheriff)to Aug 20263058−36%193,55078151 reported
152Sumter County, FL (Sheriff)to Aug 20263041no change137,9035475 reported
153Fishers, INto Jul 20262930−51%105,1438084 reported
154Hillsborough County, FL (Sheriff)to Jul 202628307−32%1,092,53580874 reported
155Meridian, IDto Aug 20262638+27%145,3206392 reported

# is the place by vehicle theft rate. Each place counts its own latest 12 months reported in full to the FBI, the same figures as the “Reported crime by type” section of its page; the change compares them with the 12 months before. 8 agencies do not report theft from vehicles separately (no NIBRS detail), shown as a dash.

Common questions

answered with the table above
Which U.S. city has the highest vehicle theft rate?
Among the 155 cities and county areas on this site with at least 100,000 residents, Oakland, CA: 1,448 vehicle thefts per 100,000 residents in the 12 months to Dec 2025, from what the Oakland Police Department reports to the FBI. The median is 238, so that is 6.1 times the median. The lowest is Meridian, ID, at 26.
Which city has the most vehicle thefts?
By count rather than rate, Los Angeles, CA: 17,142 in the 12 months to Aug 2026. Big cities lead on counts because they have more people; the rate per 100,000 residents is what puts a city of 150,000 and one of 3 million on the same footing.
Are vehicle thefts going down?
In 104 of these cities and county areas with every month through Jul 2026, 154,253 vehicle thefts in Aug 2025 to Jul 2026 against 187,049 in the 12 months before (−18%). Across all 104 ranked places with both years, vehicle thefts fell in 95 and rose in 7.
Does vehicle theft include break-ins and stolen parts?
No. Vehicle theft is the vehicle itself being taken or an attempt to take it. Items stolen from a car and stolen parts, such as catalytic converters, are theft from vehicles (NIBRS 23F and 23G), shown in its own column: 147 of the 155 places report it separately.

How this is counted

FBI, by agency

Other offenses, same table: robbery rate by city and burglary rate by city. Violent and property crime overall: city crime rankings. Methodology