Las Vegas was reported as having the nation's highest per capita rate of auto theft last year as the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) released its latest statistics today.

While “sin city” moved up from second place last year to the number one spot, Modesto, Calif., called a press conference to announce it had dropped from the top of the list last year to number five.

NICB, based in Des Moines, Ill., reported that the western United States still ranks as the area of the country with the highest auto theft rates, and all the nation's top 10 areas are in the West with five in California.

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