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The worst cities for auto theft

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Where does your hometown rank? See rankings for metro areas Panama City through Yuma.

 By MSN Money staff

The nonprofit NICB ranked car theft rates per 100,000 population for 336 metro areas in the U.S., based on data supplied by the National Crime Information Center and Census figures. Look for your city in the alphabetical list below, or click through to the list containing your hometown.

Panama City to Yuma theft rates and rankings are below. To find other cities, click on one of the links below.

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 Auto theft rates and rankings by city, Panama City-Yuma
200420032002Metro area2004 thefts Rate
174143175Panama City, FL 427 288.09
325322303Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH 135 89.26
205227221Pensacola, FL 976 236.81
215214194Peoria-Pekin, IL 767 220.79
120114106Philadelphia, PA-NJ19,086 374.17
421Phoenix-Mesa, AZ 40,371 1,241.47
718769Pine Bluff, AR 406 481.74
218222201Pittsburgh, PA 5,131 217.54
292252263Pittsfield, MA 113 133.41
275313310Pocatello, ID 121 160.13
293289281Ponce, PR 471 130.44
291290296Portland, ME 329 135.09
374157Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA12,092 630.45
327331325Portsmouth-Rochester, NH-ME206 85.58
1189474Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA 4,468 375.90
270278276Provo-Orem, UT 610 165.52
137179181Pueblo, CO 480 339.29
194216207Punta Gorda, FL 363 256.31
208201211Racine, WI432 228.78
132121113Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 4,216 354.90
243240234Rapid City, SD 168 189.69
127151183Reading, PA 1,352 361.85
108123126Redding, CA 653 399.99
179223161Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, WA 535 278.90
113107105Richmond-Petersburg, VA 3,910 392.37
111214Riverside-San Bernardino, CA30,713 943.62
236243259Roanoke, VA 469 198.79
282263268Rochester, MN 185 148.86
133132171Rochester, NY 3,869 352.30
136137135Rockford, IL 1,261 339.68
167169168Rocky Mount, NC 423 295.75
557Sacramento, CA18,747 1,151.40
268254246Saginaw-Bay City-Midland, MI 675 167.46
512735Salem, OR1,887 543.47
7365125Salinas, CA 1,927 479.64
10610599Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT 5,454 408.87
229267267San Angelo, TX 213 204.79
897887San Antonio, TX 7,088 445.12
8912San Diego, CA 27,396 973.62
223743San Francisco, CA12,865 743.13
91126146San Jose, CA7,376 438.37
1288572San Juan-Bayamon, PR7,084 360.03
261272286San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles, CA 418 169.45
163200254Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc, CA 1,190 297.99
177206213Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA731 285.99
203199217Santa Fe, NM 353 239.10
147139147Santa Rosa, CA1,504 327.94
146160172Sarasota-Bradenton, FL 1,939 328.67
585547Savannah, GA 1,513 516.38
298293284Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA 774 123.88
10119Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA22,807 944.54
297314297Sharon, PA 150 124.70
334324331Sheboygan, WI 69 61.25
161154154Sherman-Denison, TX 331 299.29
856664Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 1,783 454.50
255188173Sioux City, IA-NE 221 178.04
251282285Sioux Falls, SD 312 180.96
155148123South Bend, IN 834 314.05
335645Spokane, WA 2,722 651.29
190170198Springfield, IL 526 261.12
534846Springfield, MA 3,154 532.83
138146152Springfield, MO 1,103 338.63
253244255St. Cloud, MN 302 180.41
159189206St. Joseph, MO 313 305.40
502434St. Louis, MO-IL 14,151 543.52
276262253Stamford-Norwalk, CT554 156.69
336336336State College, PA 60 44.20
323302324Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV 124 93.93
234Stockton-Lodi, CA 8,163 1,448.37
1178693Sumter, SC 395 377.46
252232215Syracuse, NY 1,323 180.71
141410Tacoma, WA6,122 873.55
150159119Tallahassee, FL 921 323.68
625339Tampa-St.Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 12,088 504.51
134125114Terre Haute, IN 523 350.55
162142140Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR 388 299.04
664748Toledo, OH 3,019 488.35
6410679Topeka, KS 843 496.26
967168Trenton, NJ1,489 424.51
121313Tucson, AZ 7,436 881.31
474954Tulsa, OK 4,489 558.87
201186164Tuscaloosa, AL 403 244.43
145153138Tyler, TX 579 331.41
312311322Utica-Rome, NY 327 109.04
323644Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa, CA3,389 653.21
122167189Ventura, CA2,808 372.81
199191214Victoria, TX 208 247.36
175176167Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ421 287.49
71516Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA 3,800 1,032.55
1028898Waco, TX 887 415.42
312927Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV32,321 656.51
149120157Waterbury, CT746 325.79
278260236Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 197 153.89
330327314Wausau, WI 100 79.47
454342West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL 6,391 564.98
304298290Wheeling, WV-OH 179 116.86
7995121Wichita Falls, TX 647 460.44
112113111Wichita, KS 2,169 397.82
329328332Williamsport, PA 99 82.47
849665Wilmington, NC 1,064 455.77
13010382Wilmington-Newark, DE-MD2,103 358.74
196182225Worcester, MA-CT1,293 252.84
273836Yakima, WA 1,489 668.97
283432Yolo, CA1,121 664.65
288269291York, PA 543 142.24
11692100Youngstown-Warren, OH 2,249 378.14
404637Yuba City, CA 847 608.70
426496Yuma, AZ 936 584.90
Source: National Insurance Crime Bureau



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