Cities with the worst car theft rates

Insurance.Com ^ | 3 August 2012 | Mark C. Smith

[Vigilanteman]

The odds of having your car stolen are higher in these 10 metropolitan areas. But you can take steps to protect your ride, and they might even earn an insurance discount.

The bad news for California drivers? Your state had the greatest number of hot spots in the country for auto thefts in 2011, according to a National Insurance Crime Bureau report released recently.

[freedumb2003]

>>LOL!

Los Angeles, CA is 48.4% less dangerous to live in than Dallas, TX.<<

With the TX much easier CCR, it is mow 100% more deadly for someone to rob me. It brings my attack % to nearly zero.

L.A. was great but when you spend all your money on illegals and the lazy, eventually the money goes away from protection.

And I am in Irving, which has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.

If I get a chance to put a bullet in the head of a burglar, I can make the trend even downward (in a good way).

[dragnet2]

And I am in Irving, which has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.

You can walk from Irving to downtown Dallas in a short time.

Didn't mean to ring your bell but when ya say, "After 50+ years in So Cal, Texas now has my allegiance stew in your liberal juices", but your crime in the big cities in Texas, when compared to big cities in CA, are through the roof.

And if crime relates to liberalism as you suggested, I would say it's you who are in the liberal paradise.

[dragnet2]

As always Dragnet, you are set on selling a bankrupt state

I'm not selling anything, ya see these are not my statics, they're FBI stats. This isn't about me.

BTW, the article is regarding crime, not milk or jobs.

[dragnet2]

er statistics too...

[dragnet2]

In Texas we still have leadership and promise. It hasn’t been perfect, but it has been sane.

BTW, I never suggested it was perfect, there or here, I only posted the FBI stats for crime comparing TX and PA big city crime stats to LA.

Sorry these stats are not what ya wanted to see.

[Charles Martel]

LOL!

Los Angeles, CA is 48.4% less dangerous to live in than Dallas, TX.

And yet Plano, Texas (part of the Dallas - Fort Worth metroplex) is #1 on that website's "Top 100 Cities" list - and you'd have to average Dallas with not only Plano but also Carrollton, Frisco, Addison, Farmer's Branch, etc., to geographically match L.A. Just curious - do you know where areavibe.com gets the data for its comparisons? I don't see any details listed in the "About" section.

[PA Engineer]

Say, aren't you in Pennsylvania?

Link no work. Could you compare it to Pittsburgh? Don't bother with my rural area outside of the city. The only crime are assaults on mailboxes.

[dragnet2]

The stats are based on the FBI Crime Statistics.

Just like this one below. BTW, these are not MY stats...lol.

http://www.areaconnect.com/crime/compare.htm?c1=dallas&s1=TX&c2=los+angeles&s2=CA

Dallas and Los Angeles Comparative Crime Ratios per 100,000 People

Dallas and Los Angeles Comparative Crime Ratios per 100,000 People

Latest 2006 Crimes per 100,000 People:

	Dallas, TX	Los Angeles, CA	National
Murder:	15	12.4	7
Forcible Rape:	53.28	27.3	32.2
Robbery:	553.9	370	205.8
Aggravated Assault:	584.2	377.2	336.5
Burglary:	1734.7	524.8	813.2
Larceny Theft:	4006.4	1539.2	2601.7
Vehicle Theft:	1116	654.4	501.5

[dragnet2]

Los Angeles, CA is 35.8% less dangerous to live in than Pittsburgh, PA.In Los Angeles, CA as compared to Pittsburgh, PA you are: 25.3% less likely to get robbed, 56.6% less likely to get murdered, 111.2% more likely to get your car stolen.

Crime Totals

Crime/100k	Pittsburgh, PA	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles, CA
Total Crime	4506.7	2894.2	35.8%
Violent Crime	898.5	559.2	37.8%
Property Crime	3608.1	2335.0	35.3%

Crime Breakdown

Crime/100k	Pittsburgh, PA	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles, CA
Murder	17.6	7.6	56.6%
Rape	21.1	24.0	13.8%
Assault	479.3	243.2	49.3%
Robbery	380.5	284.4	25.3%
Burglary	943.0	453.2	51.9%
Theft	2455.1	1438.1	41.4%
Vehicle Theft	210.1	443.7	111.2%

[concentric circles]

1.Fresno, Calif.: 7,621 total thefts, or 808 per 100,000 people (2010 ranking: 1)

2.Modesto, Calif.: 3,315/639 per 100,000 (2)

3.Bakersfield-Delano, Calif.: 5,240/615 per 100,000 (3)

4.Spokane, Wash.: 2,614/552 per 100,000 (4)

5.Yakima, Wash.: 1,308/529 per 100,000 (10)

6.San Francisco/Oakland/Fremont, Calif.: 23,223/529 per 100,000 (9)

7.Stockton, Calif.: 3,532/507 per 100,000 (7)

8.Anderson, S.C.: 911/483 per 100,000 (33)

9.Vallejo-Fairfield, Calif.: 2,002/481 per 100,000 (5)

10.Visalia-Porterville, Calif.: 2,124/473 per 100,000 (8)

[Auntie Mame]

I believe most California home and probably auto insurance rates are much lower than other places, mainly because we, for the most part don’t have wild winter weather.

Also, we don’t have the tax man come to our house, like they do in Pennsylvania, when our loved one dies. I couldn’t believe it when I visited Pennsylvania about a week after my husband’s uncle died, and they were waiting for the tax man to come and go through their entire house toting up the value of their belongings. That was really strange, and just WRONG.

There’s a lot about California that is better than other states, even though the place is now being run by the looney left. It wasn’t that long ago that we elected Ronald Reagan as governor.

But y’all enjoy the wonderful Texas heat, I’ll stick with my cool ocean breezes, thank you very much.

Signed, born in Houston and glad to be out of that hell hole.

[sarasmom]

I had one car. It was a 1994 Buick Century. Who would steal that car?
It was stolen from me a few months ago.
It was found a few days later, engine blown, less than 50 miles away.
Now I am in the hole for many months, paying for a new used car.
Thanks to “cash for clunkers” there are very few dependable used cars left on the market, they were all destroyed.
What I could have bought for cash with the insurance money I received for my fully insured stolen vehicle no longer exists.

Car thiefs need hanging.IMNSHO.

[Wuli]

California, where I grew up - sad, more sad every time I go back.

[Tigerized]

As Dan Jenkins would characterize the perps in “Semi Tough”...

Meskins.

Still in California, but headin’ for Tejas furs’ chance ah git.

[freedumb2003]

>>You can walk from Irving to downtown Dallas in a short time.<<

25 miles, more if you figure on the spurs but I assume Harry Hines. At 15 minutes per mile (a hustle, baby), you can get to the Arts District in 6 - 7 hours.

>>Didn’t mean to ring your bell but when ya say, “After 50+ years in So Cal, Texas now has my allegiance stew in your liberal juices”, but your crime in the big cities in Texas, when compared to big cities in CA, are through the roof.<<

No bell ringing — you are just wrong. L.A. and Irving are apx. the same. But I don’t pay Income Tax (productivity penalty).

>>And if crime relates to liberalism as you suggested, I would say it’s you who are in the liberal paradise.<<

By now, Los Angelenos just steal from each other. It is a property swap. Net Zero.

[PA Engineer]

Thanks

[Diplomat]

Except for SF, the other 6 cities are all in farm country.

[dragnet2]

No bell ringing — you are just wrong. L.A. and Irving are apx. the same.

No, I'm right, and the above statistics on this thread clearly back it up.

You're the one that threw in Irving, not I. BTW, Irving is only about 15 miles from downtown Dallas, and just a couple minutes by car and literally borders west Dallas.

[dragnet2]

Los Angeles, CA is 27.8% less dangerous to live in than Irving, TX.In Los Angeles, CA as compared to Irving, TX you are: 245.1% more likely to get robbed, 162.2% more likely to get murdered, 46.7% more likely to get your car stolen.

Crime Totals

Crime/100k	Irving, TX	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles, CA
Total Crime	4010.0	2894.2	27.8%
Violent Crime	256.4	559.2	118.1%
Property Crime	3753.6	2335.0	37.8%

Crime Breakdown

Crime/100k	Irving, TX	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles, CA
Murder	2.9	7.6	162.2%
Rape	17.4	24.0	37.7%
Assault	153.7	243.2	58.3%
Robbery	82.4	284.4	245.1%
Burglary	791.0	453.2	42.7%
Theft	2660.1	1438.1	45.9%
Vehicle Theft	302.5	443.7	46.7%