Cities With the Most Theft (2025)
Larceny-theft — unlawfully taking property without force, from shoplifting to theft from vehicles — is the highest-volume offense the FBI tracks nationally, so even modest per-capita differences translate into large gaps in reported incidents. This ranks every city we track (population 50,000+) by reported larceny-theft per 100,000 residents for 2025, using FBI Crime Data Explorer figures.
The national reported larceny-theft rate for 2025 is 1099.0 per 100,000 residents. Of the 759 cities we track, 92 cities report a larceny-theft rate more than double that national average. See the full methodology for how rates are calculated from FBI Crime Data Explorer reports.
Top 25 cities by larceny-theft rate
Ranked by reported larceny-theft incidents per 100,000 residents, highest first. Population 50,000+ cities only.
| # | City | Rate per 100k | Population | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salt Lake, UT | 3918.1 | 222,304 | F |
| 2 | Portland, OR | 3817.0 | 631,483 | E |
| 3 | Spokane, WA | 3471.1 | 230,962 | E |
| 4 | Wichita, KS | 3467.3 | 401,730 | F |
| 5 | Asheville, NC | 3395.5 | 95,155 | E |
| 6 | Lakewood, CO | 3357.6 | 157,016 | E |
| 7 | Memphis, TN | 3353.3 | 606,629 | F |
| 8 | Medford, OR | 3266.6 | 86,298 | D |
| 9 | Oakland, CA | 3253.4 | 444,211 | F |
| 10 | Valdosta, GA | 3159.9 | 55,729 | D |
| 11 | St Louis, MO | 3141.7 | 274,819 | F |
| 12 | Great Falls, MT | 3074.9 | 59,904 | E |
| 13 | Tigard, OR | 3059.5 | 57,885 | C |
| 14 | La Crosse, WI | 3045.6 | 50,663 | D |
| 15 | North Little Rock, AR | 3045.5 | 64,455 | F |
| 16 | Berkeley, CA | 3018.9 | 121,235 | E |
| 17 | Philadelphia, PA | 2990.9 | 1,562,379 | F |
| 18 | Little Rock, AR | 2965.1 | 205,320 | F |
| 19 | Rapid, SD | 2959.9 | 81,185 | E |
| 20 | Santa Monica, CA | 2954.8 | 90,193 | E |
| 21 | Springfield, IL | 2951.3 | 112,595 | F |
| 22 | Birmingham, AL | 2932.6 | 195,393 | F |
| 23 | Roanoke, VA | 2849.0 | 97,682 | D |
| 24 | San Antonio, TX | 2821.6 | 1,549,306 | E |
| 25 | Houston, TX | 2811.1 | 2,413,559 | F |
At the other end of the same 759-city field, these 5 report the lowest larceny-theft rate per 100,000 residents.
No area has zero risk
A high Crime Index score means lower reported crime relative to other US cities — it is not a guarantee of safety. Reported crime is not the same as actual crime. Research on the gap between crime that occurs and crime that gets reported to police — often called the "dark figure" of crime — estimates that roughly 40% of violent crime and about a third of property crime go unreported each year. Every index built on official statistics, including this one, necessarily undercounts real crime. That gap is exactly why homicide — the offense with the smallest dark figure — anchors the calculation instead of a more commonly reported but less reliable category like theft.
Scores on this page reflect FBI-reported data for 2025. See the full methodology →