The 100 Most Burgled Cities in America

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At Alarm Grid, we provide top-quality monitoring services for users throughout the United States. Obtaining a monitored security system is important no matter where you live, as crime can occur anywhere at any time. But there are some areas where protecting your home is even more crucial.

According to the FBI, burglary is defined as the unlawful entry of a structure to commit felony or theft. A burglary does not require the use of force to gain entry. A study from UNC Charlotte found that homes without a security system are 300% more likely to be burglarized and that 83% of convicted burglars say that they check to see if a home has an alarm. Furthermore, 60% of convicted burglars say that they would change their minds about committing a burglary if they discover that a home has an alarm system installed.

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With the unpredictable nature of burglaries, we urge everyone to protect their homes and keep their families and possessions safe. The best way to do this is by installing monitored security systems. This is even more important if you live in an area where burglaries occur more frequently.

To find out the areas where burglaries are most common, we constructed a list of burglaries per capita. Our methodology was simple. We used FBI crime data from 2018 and took the number of burglaries in a city and divided it by the city's population. We then multiplied that by 10,000 to get burglaries per 10,000 residents. Only cities with a population of 10,000 or higher were included in our list.

With that out of the way, here are the Top 100 US Cities for Burglaries Per Capita:


City
 Population
 Burglaries
 Burglaries Per 10,000
 Rank
Bastrop, LA 10,270 342 333.009 1
El Dorado, AR 17,916 576 321.500 2
Hammond, LA 20,550 622 302.676 3
Fairfield, AL 10,625 284 267.294 4
Lake Charles, LA 77,852 1,845 236.988 5
Opelousas, LA 16,262 379 233.0587 6
Alexandria, LA 47,238 996 210.847 7
Hot Springs, AR 37,006 740 199.968 8
Vallejo, CA 122,974 2,456 199.717 9
Anniston, AL 21,592 413 191.275 10
Crowley, LA 12,779 234 183.1129 11
Morgan City, LA 11,066 192 173.504 12
Natchitoches, LA 17,981 308 171.292 13
Henderson, NC 14,780 248 167.794 14
Deming, NM 14,094 232 164.609 15
Santa Fe, NM 84,176 1,380 163.942 16
Brookhaven, MI 12,125 195 160.825 17
Gallup, NM 21,980 351 159.691 18
Bellefontaine Neighbors, MO 10,597 169 159.479 19
Pine Bluff, AR 42,195 665 157.601 20
Monroe, LA 48,291 749 155.101 21
Kinston, NC 20,341 313 153.876 22
West Monroe, LA 12,594 193 153.248 23
Helena-West Helena, AR 10,477 160 152.715 24
Starkville, MI 25,559 390 152.588 25
Warr Acres, OK 10,372 158 152.333 26
Fremont, OH 16,125 244 151.318 27
East Point, GA 35,486 531 149.636 28
Bogalusa, LA 11,730 175 149.190 29
Jonesboro, AR 77,134 1,150 149.091 30
Kennett, MO 10,326 153 148.170 31
Laurel, MI 18,486 271 146.597 32
West Memphis, AR 24,668 357 144.722 33
Barstow, CA 24,095 348 144.428 34
Prichard, AL 21,615 309 142.956 35
Camden, AR 10,880 155 142.463 36
California City, CA 14,051 196 139.492 37
Charleston, WV 47,470 660 139.035 38
Cordele, CT 10,669 147 137.782 39
Canton, OH 70,605 970 137.384 40
Athens, TN 13,627 187 137.228 41
Greenwood, SC 23,265 314 134.967 42
Tukwila, WA 20,288 273 134.562 43
Biloxi, MI 46,148 619 134.134 44
Sweetwater, TX 10,530 139 132.004 45
Dyersburg, TN 16,382 216 131.852 46
Memphis, TN 652,226 8,494 130.231 47
Shawnee, OK 31,422 409 130.164 48
Alice, TX 18,925 246 129.987 49
Lima, OH 36,948 479 129.642 50
Warren, OH 39,280 508 129.328 51
Youngstown, OH 64,282 825 128.341 52
Ponca City, OK 24,066 305 126.735 53
Cambridge, MD 12,364 156 126.173 54
Muskogee, OK 37,659 474 125.866 55
Clearlake, CA 15,037 188 125.025 56
Jackson, MI 166,024 2,073 124.861 57
Vinita Park, MO 11,003 136 123.603 58
Poplar Bluff, MO 17,074 210 122.994 59
Centralia, IL 12,372 151 122.050 60
Myrtle Beach, SC 33,687 410 121.709 61
Danville, IL 31,203 379 121.463 62
Birmingham, AL 210,564 2,555 121.341 63
Dayton, OH 140,094 1,697 121.133 64
Cleveland, OH 384,666 4,658 121.092 65
Cahokia, IL 14,004 169 120.680 66
Muskegon Heights, MI 10,720 129 120.336 67
El Segundo, CA 16,881 202 119.661 68
Baton Rouge, LA 224,790 2,686 119.489 69
Tulsa, OK 403,147 4,800 119.063 70
Springfield, OH 59,016 699 118.442 71
Broussard, LA 12,672 150 118.371 72
Cumberland, MD 19,555 231 118.128 73
Elizabeth City, NC 17,629 208 117.987 74
Beverly Hills, CA 34,557 405 117.198 75
Springfield, MO 168,537 1,975 117.185 76
Talladega, AL 15,341 179 116.681 77
Gadsden, AL 35,204 409 116.180 78
Marion, AR 12,426 143 115.081 79
North Myrtle Beach, SC 16,688 192 115.053 80
Calera, AL 14,334 164 114.413 81
Albuquerque, NM 560,235 6,378 113.845 82
Panama City, FL 37,318 423 113.350 83
Mount Vernon, IL 14,914 168 112.646 84
Miami, OK 13,162 147 111.685 85
McAlester, OK 17,999 201 111.673 86
Branson, MO 11,589 129 111.312 87
Thomasville, GA 18,507 206 111.309 88
El Mirage, AZ 35,733 397 111.102 89
Detroit, MI 671,275 7,440 110.834 90
Kalamazoo, MI 76,020 842 110.760 91
Portales, NM 11,768 130 110.469 92
Albemarle, NC 15,991 176 110.062 93
Lenoir, NC 17,904 197 110.031 94
Lawton, OK 93,140 1,023 109.835 95
Pittsfield, MA 42,298 464 109.698 96
Pueblo, CO 111,756 1,224 109.524 97
Lake City, FL 12,182 133 109.177 98
Blythe, CA 19,517 213 109.136 99
Okmulgee, OK 11,919 130 109.070 100

If you want to learn more about keeping your home and your family safe, we invite you to reach out to us by emailing support@alarmgrid.com. We will check your email at our earliest convenience and reply back as soon as possible. Remember that our support hours are from 9am to 8pm ET M-F. We look forward to hearing from you!

Note: This post was done in conjunction with our Top 100 Least Burgled Cities in America list. You can download and use a unmodified version of our "100 most and least burgled cities in America" infographic as well.

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