The National Insurance Crime Bureau's (NICB) 2010 Vehicle Theft Study, "Hot Spots," contains vehicle theft rates and rankings for Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) in the United States from 2008.
The United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) defines metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas according to published standards that are applied to Census Bureau data. The term "core based statistical area" (CBSA) became effective in 2000 and refers collectively to metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas. The 2000 standards provide that each CBSA must contain at least one urban area of 10,000 or more population. Each MSA must have at least one urbanized area of 50,000 or more inhabitants.
To calculate the overall theft rates of cities and regions, the NICB matched ZIP code data to the corresponding CBSA code. This data is then used to create a table of theft records from the time period using the data from the above step to identify thefts within CBSA. The resulting table contains CBSA/MSA names, number of thefts, and population. A calculation is then performed (number of thefts/prior year's estimated population *100,000) rounded out to two decimal places. The data is then ranked from highest to lowest.
The tables on this and following pages contain MSA names, number of thefts, and population for the top 10 areas for vehicle thefts. It also includes statistical data and rankings of each area since 2008.
Fresno's rate of vehicle theft of 812.4 per 100,000 in population resulted in its number one "hot spot" ranking in 2010.
Source: NICB, www.nicb.org
NICB Spokesman Frank Scafidi says the prevalence of vehicle thefts in California could be due to the state having more registered cars than anywhere else in the U.S.
Source: NICB, www.nicb.org
NICB CEO and President Joe Wehrle says professional criminal rings and gangs are active in California and other parts of the country.
Source: NICB, www.nicb.org
A 25 percent spike in vehicle thefts from 2009 to 2010 caused Spokane metropolitan statistal area to enter 2010′s top 10 list at number four.
Source: NICB, www.nicb.org
The Vallejo-Fairfield MSA saw an increase of 86 vehicle thefts per 100,000 in population from 2009, sending its ranking up to number five for 2010.
Source: NICB, www.nicb.org
Despite a slight decline in thefts and rate, the Sacramento/Arden/Arcade/Roseville MSA still moved up five spots to become the sixth-highest hot spot in 2010.
Source: NICB, www.nicb.org
The Stockton MSA saw a large decrease in both thefts and rate, causing it to fall from the number four area in 2009 to number seven in 2010
Source: NICB, www.nicb.org
Consistency in rate of theft per 100,000 in population as well as in the number of thefts kept the Visalia-Porterville MSA stuck in the mud as the eigth-ranking hot spot in 2010.
Source: NICB, www.nicb.org
Advancements in law enforcement technologies are being given partial credit for an overall declining amount of auto thefts nationwide in 2010.
Source: NICB, www.nicb.org
The Yakima MSA continued to drop down the NICB's annual hot spot list, coming in at number 10 in 2010 after having reached as high as 3 in 2008.
Source: NICB, www.nicb.org
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