US states by property crimes

California had the highest property crimes of 51 states in 2020, at 842,054. Vermont had the lowest, at 7,586. The median was 86,654. Source: the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program.

Highest842,054California

Lowest7,586Vermont

Median86,65451 states

Map of states, 2020

Under 20K
20K to 58K
58K to 87K
87K to 130K
130K to 210K
210K and over

count, 2020. Source: FBI, FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: property crime. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2020

count. Source: FBI, FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: property crime. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

Rank	States	2020 count	Change on 2019
1	California	842,054	-8.6%
2	Texas	659,160	-5.5%
3	Florida	384,556	-16.6%
4	New York	272,788	+1.1%
5	North Carolina	236,026	-6%
6	Ohio	216,363	-10.1%
7	Georgia	214,988	-27.1%
8	Washington	210,223	+1.3%
9	Pennsylvania	210,167	+17%
10	Illinois	196,287	-16.5%
11	Tennessee	171,675	-5.6%
12	Arizona	165,323	-6.9%
13	Colorado	164,582	+9.3%
14	Missouri	155,698	-4.6%
15	South Carolina	141,987	-6.6%
16	Michigan	135,633	-14.3%
17	Louisiana	133,989	-9.7%
18	Virginia	125,114	-11.2%
19	Indiana	120,453	-8.1%
20	Minnesota	120,212	+1.9%
21	Oregon	112,782	-4.1%
22	Oklahoma	107,705	-5.1%
23	Alabama	105,161	-18.3%
24	New Jersey	102,875	-13.3%
25	Maryland	97,487	-17.4%
26	Wisconsin	86,654	+1%
27	Utah	80,091	+15.3%
28	Kentucky	79,673	-6.7%
29	Arkansas	79,200	-7.9%
30	Massachusetts	72,602	-10.8%
31	Kansas	64,077	-3.4%
32	Mississippi	62,351	-10.6%
33	Nevada	60,462	-16.1%
34	New Mexico	59,859	-10.3%
35	Connecticut	55,670	+9%
36	Iowa	53,725	-8.1%
37	Nebraska	36,991	-6.5%
38	Hawaii	33,928	-16.5%
39	West Virginia	24,976	-8.6%
40	District of Columbia	24,899	-19.2%
41	Montana	22,917	-4.2%
42	Idaho	20,313	-8.7%
43	Delaware	19,355	-11.7%
44	South Dakota	17,468	+11.4%
45	Alaska	16,528	-22.4%
46	North Dakota	16,256	+6.5%
47	Maine	15,610	-7%
48	New Hampshire	15,014	-9.3%
49	Rhode Island	13,166	-19.3%
50	Wyoming	9,379	+3.1%
51	Vermont	7,586	-15.4%

Other periods

About this ranking

Estimated number of property crimes: burglary, larceny-theft and motor vehicle theft known to law enforcement (arson is not estimated). FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program.

FBI estimates for the whole population: agencies that did not report, or reported part of the year, are filled in by the FBI. The FBI revises earlier years in each annual release, and from 2021 the estimates are built from incident-based (NIBRS) reports. The national series has no values for 2017 to 2020 in the FBI estimates file.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the states are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: property crime. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. (2026). FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: property crime (US states by property crimes, 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads

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FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: property crime, US states by property crimes, 2020. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, 14 Aug. 2026, https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/property-crimes/us-states?period=2020. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. 2026. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: property crime. US states by property crimes, 2020. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/property-crimes/us-states?period=2020.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (2026) FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: property crime, US states by property crimes, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/property-crimes/us-states?period=2020 (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest property crimes?

California, with 842,054 in 2020, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program.

Which state has the lowest property crimes?

Vermont, with 7,586 in 2020.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: property crime. Retrieved 2026-10-18.