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The worst cities for auto theft

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Where does your hometown rank? See rankings for metro areas Gadsden through Owensboro.

 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.

Gadsden through Owensboro 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, Gadsden-Owensboro
200420032002Metro area2004 thefts Rate
214194184Gadsden, AL 230 222.31
142124108Gainesville, FL 727 333.56
13110090Galveston-Texas City, TX892 356.57
525241Gary, IN3,415 540.89
333335333Glens Falls, NY 78 62.73
173172136Goldsboro, NC 328 289.42
283291251Grand Forks, ND-MN 144 147.73
188220233Grand Junction, CO 306 263.21
259251222Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI 1,872 171.98
219245203Great Falls, MT 173 215.29
101116151Greeley, CO753 416.17
289271278Green Bay, WI 320 141.11
143138148Greensboro--Winston-Salem --High Point, NC 4,165 332.80
144147163Greenville, NC 444 331.84
100122122Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC 4,057 421.53
238235261Hagerstown, MD259 196.33
217233247Hamilton-Middletown, OH728 218.75
308301294Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, PA 708 112.49
114133132Hartford, CT 4,524 382.38
222197205Hattiesburg, MS 237 212.22
210218227Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC 771 225.54
290297289Houma, LA 265 136.26
252615Houston, TX29,040 695.13
223207208Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 669 212.02
182166186Huntsville, AL 930 271.63
747983Indianapolis, IN 7,529 468.37
321307312Iowa City, IA 108 97.29
287268231Jackson, MI 229 144.55
351717Jackson, MS 2,829 641.79
87128133Jackson, TN 483 449.82
808177Jacksonville, FL 5,061 459.89
212212230Jacksonville, NC 335 222.81
320316326Jamestown, NY 137 98.03
277284244Janesville-Beloit, WI 236 154.95
433123Jersey City, NJ3,530 579.66
233234252Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA 966 201.21
332329319Johnstown, PA 171 73.51
168180141Jonesboro, AR 242 294.59
81144137Joplin, MO 722 458.93
220177180Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, MI 972 214.64
269280280Kankakee, IL172 165.65
343525Kansas City, MO-KS 11,436 643.90
343525Kansas City, MO-KS 11,436 643.90
245279265Kenosha, WI278 185.86
228209182Killeen-Temple, TX 641 204.82
93118139Knoxville, TN 2,947 428.81
211253245Kokomo, IN 228 224.54
306317304La Crosse, WI-MN 147 115.90
265288293Lafayette, IN 308 168.47
166185188Lafayette, LA 1,141 295.87
171155118Lake Charles, LA 537 292.52
949189Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 2,073 428.37
286274283Lancaster, PA 691 146.82
249225264Lansing-East Lansing, MI 813 181.58
233049Laredo, TX 1,418 734.27
227183229Las Cruces, NM 359 205.52
204246242Lawrence, KS 237 237.09
1837666Lawrence, MA-NH1,074 271.05
232256240Lawton, OK 232 201.75
316296309Lewiston-Auburn, ME 93 102.39
164175187Lexington, KY 1,421 296.54
273292288Lima, OH 251 161.85
285283257Lincoln, NE 369 147.43
494455Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 3,193 546.89
92117109Longview-Marshall, TX 899 430.60
211618Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA73,071 767.61
9510197Louisville, KY-IN 4,386 427.65
193168158Lowell, MA-NH778 257.88
9799127Lubbock, TX 1,029 424.11
305323302Lynchburg, VA 250 116.33
445840Macon, GA 1,826 566.12
237221224Madison, WI 845 198.11
250265275Manchester, NH360 181.47
274275282Mansfield, OH 284 161.53
331334334Mayaguez, PR 187 73.81
566863McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 2,959 519.61
186208235Medford-Ashland, OR 481 265.35
189178193Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL 1,245 261.43
383224Memphis, TN-AR-MS 7,013 617.55
171930Merced, CA 1,688 801.69
1386Miami, FL19,820 879.57
271236226Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ1,919 164.07
838061Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI6,843 455.97
124136129Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI 10,816 364.32
254259232Missoula, MT 172 179.54
9010288Mobile, AL 2,385 441.46
113Modesto, CA 7,024 1,571.38
310308299Monmouth-Ocean, NJ1,258 111.70
119134150Monroe, LA 551 374.19
1157591Montgomery, AL 1,262 378.92
225230274Muncie, IN 246 207.12
202028Myrtle Beach, SC 1,513 769.47
256215204Naples, FL 446 177.42
301304327Nashua, NH230 120.45
125108110Nashville, TN 4,475 363.43
242231223Nassau-Suffolk, NY5,270 191.36
185140178New Bedford, MA467 266.56
129141128New Haven-Meriden, CT1,949 359.50
303309298New London-Norwich, CT-RI 344 117.18
293326New Orleans, LA 8,887 664.34
191165149New York, NY24,200 259.82
362522Newark, NJ13,024 640.63
295294313Newburgh, NY-PA502 129.49
157157131Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC 4,819 307.03
678Oakland, CA24,855 1,038.85
170174185Ocala, FL 759 293.15
239204202Odessa-Midland, TX 464 195.67
606781Oklahoma City, OK 5,530 510.46
123158142Olympia, WA765 368.93
574038Omaha, NE-IA 3,713 517.85
7790103Orange County, CA13,247 465.41
637058Orlando, FL 8,242 501.17
300306320Owensboro, KY 111 121.25
Source: National Insurance Crime Bureau



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