Which county has the highest Vehicle Theft Rate?

Jackson County, MO has the highest Vehicle Theft Rate in 2024, at 1,543 per 100K, followed by St. Louis city, MO (1,467 per 100K) and Alameda County, CA (1,235 per 100K).

Which county has the lowest Vehicle Theft Rate?

Nodaway County, MO has the lowest Vehicle Theft Rate in 2024, at 108.4 per 100K.

What is the median Vehicle Theft Rate across US counties?

The median is 171.6 per 100K across the 1,000 US counties with data in 2024.

Where does this vehicle theft rate by county data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review. Last updated 2026-10-28.

County rankings

Vehicle Theft Rate by County

Name: Vehicle Theft Rate by County
Creator: Rankodex

Jackson County, MO has the highest Vehicle Theft Rate in 2024 (1,543 per 100K), followed by St. Louis city, MO (1,467 per 100K) and Alameda County, CA (1,235 per 100K). Nodaway County, MO has the lowest (108.4 per 100K).

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Median

171.6 per 100K

Middle half 131.7 per 100K – 252.0 per 100K

Average

223.0 per 100K

1,000 counties

Lowest (best)

108.4 per 100K

Nodaway County, MO

Highest (worst)

1,543 per 100K

Jackson County, MO

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1	Nodaway County, MO	108.4 per 100K	16
2	Pearl River County, MS	108.5 per 100K	3
3	Copiah County, MS	108.6 per 100K	—
4	Sequoyah County, OK	108.9 per 100K	61
5	Livingston County, MO	108.9 per 100K	18
6	Elbert County, GA	109.0 per 100K	15
7	Haywood County, NC	109.1 per 100K	142
8	Etowah County, AL	109.2 per 100K	98
9	Wheeler County, GA	109.2 per 100K	3
10	Patrick County, VA	109.2 per 100K	17
11	Jasper County, TX	109.2 per 100K	96
12	Butler County, OH	109.4 per 100K	397
13	Rensselaer County, NY	109.4 per 100K	170
14	Brown County, KS	109.5 per 100K	18
15	Riley County, KS	109.6 per 100K	98
16	Blount County, AL	109.7 per 100K	66
17	Yadkin County, NC	109.9 per 100K	50
18	Coal County, OK	110.0 per 100K	10
19	Cumberland County, NJ	110.0 per 100K	153
20	Howell County, MO	110.1 per 100K	147
21	Wilkes County, NC	110.2 per 100K	119
22	Bartow County, GA	110.2 per 100K	216
23	Jackson County, MS	110.3 per 100K	137
24	Greer County, OK	110.3 per 100K	2
25	Jones County, MS	110.4 per 100K	55
26	Jackson County, SD	110.5 per 100K	—
27	St. Charles Parish, LA	110.5 per 100K	51
28	Monroe County, MS	110.6 per 100K	34
29	Virginia Beach city, VA	110.6 per 100K	640
30	Decatur County, TN	110.8 per 100K	25
31	Ellsworth County, KS	111.1 per 100K	8
32	Oakland County, MI	111.4 per 100K	993
33	Lawrence County, TN	111.5 per 100K	86
34	Independence County, AR	111.5 per 100K	77
35	Clatsop County, OR	111.6 per 100K	73
36	Andrews County, TX	111.7 per 100K	33
37	Furnas County, NE	111.8 per 100K	3
38	Drew County, AR	111.8 per 100K	33
39	Ripley County, MO	112.0 per 100K	28
40	Plymouth County, MA	112.0 per 100K	543
41	Prince George County, VA	112.0 per 100K	39
42	Richland County, OH	112.0 per 100K	107
43	Greene County, AL	112.1 per 100K	10
44	Morgan County, CO	112.2 per 100K	59
45	Raleigh County, WV	112.2 per 100K	113
46	Dawes County, NE	112.3 per 100K	6
47	Fairfax County, VA	112.3 per 100K	1,363
48	Comal County, TX	112.7 per 100K	236
49	Jeff Davis County, TX	112.7 per 100K	2
50	Golden Valley County, ND	112.7 per 100K	—
51	Butler County, KS	112.8 per 100K	89
52	Bristol County, MA	112.9 per 100K	547
53	Clallam County, WA	112.9 per 100K	89
54	Siskiyou County, CA	113.0 per 100K	115
55	Prairie County, AR	113.0 per 100K	8
56	Harvey County, KS	113.0 per 100K	47
57	Mower County, MN	113.1 per 100K	30
58	Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK	113.1 per 100K	212
59	Brule County, SD	113.3 per 100K	9
60	Oldham County, KY	113.3 per 100K	66
61	Payne County, OK	113.5 per 100K	184
62	Macon County, TN	113.6 per 100K	30
63	Brown County, TX	113.6 per 100K	65
64	Whitfield County, GA	113.7 per 100K	117
65	LaPorte County, IN	114.1 per 100K	231
66	Chowan County, NC	114.1 per 100K	15
67	Yuba County, CA	114.4 per 100K	623
68	Dallas County, AR	114.6 per 100K	8
69	Guadalupe County, NM	114.6 per 100K	4
70	Hamilton County, TX	114.7 per 100K	2
71	Pendleton County, KY	114.9 per 100K	17
72	Macon County, AL	114.9 per 100K	16
73	Pulaski County, MO	115.0 per 100K	59
74	Androscoggin County, ME	115.1 per 100K	78
75	Henry County, VA	115.1 per 100K	73
76	Wilkes County, GA	115.1 per 100K	19
77	Stephens County, OK	115.3 per 100K	78
78	Nowata County, OK	115.5 per 100K	12
79	San Augustine County, TX	115.7 per 100K	9
80	Hickman County, TN	115.8 per 100K	81
81	Montgomery County, PA	116.1 per 100K	476
82	Chesapeake city, VA	116.2 per 100K	345
83	Shelby County, IN	116.2 per 100K	64
84	Muscatine County, IA	116.2 per 100K	70
85	Johnson County, TX	116.3 per 100K	255
86	Weston County, WY	116.4 per 100K	1
87	Bannock County, ID	116.5 per 100K	145
88	Bradley County, TN	116.6 per 100K	317
89	Sevier County, TN	116.6 per 100K	266
90	Rio Grande County, CO	116.7 per 100K	11
91	Aitkin County, MN	116.7 per 100K	21
91	Coosa County, AL	116.7 per 100K	5
93	Newton County, TX	116.8 per 100K	11
94	Graves County, KY	116.9 per 100K	51
95	Campbell County, KY	117.0 per 100K	123
96	Campbell County, VA	117.0 per 100K	59
97	Carroll County, KY	117.0 per 100K	19
98	Lawrence County, AR	117.3 per 100K	18
99	Deschutes County, OR	117.4 per 100K	351
100	Starr County, TX	117.5 per 100K	84
101	Clay County, KY	117.6 per 100K	40
102	Hawkins County, TN	117.8 per 100K	153
103	Harrison County, WV	118.0 per 100K	74
104	Niagara County, NY	118.0 per 100K	356
105	De Witt County, IL	118.1 per 100K	6
106	Saline County, IL	118.3 per 100K	39
107	Ste. Genevieve County, MO	118.3 per 100K	40
108	Lincoln County, WA	118.4 per 100K	18
109	Granville County, NC	118.5 per 100K	47
110	Hendricks County, IN	118.5 per 100K	186
111	Golden Valley County, MT	118.5 per 100K	—
112	Macon County, NC	118.5 per 100K	56
113	Clay County, SD	118.5 per 100K	27
114	Covington County, AL	118.5 per 100K	47
115	Scott County, MO	118.6 per 100K	54
116	Kleberg County, TX	118.7 per 100K	23
117	Hamlin County, SD	118.9 per 100K	5
118	Smith County, TX	119.0 per 100K	456
119	Chelan County, WA	119.2 per 100K	78
120	St. Mary Parish, LA	119.2 per 100K	54
121	Gonzales County, TX	119.2 per 100K	23
122	Polk County, TN	119.5 per 100K	52
123	Saguache County, CO	119.7 per 100K	4
124	Lake County, IL	119.8 per 100K	435
125	Lewis and Clark County, MT	119.9 per 100K	151
126	Fentress County, TN	119.9 per 100K	31
127	Franklin County, TX	119.9 per 100K	5
128	Dale County, AL	119.9 per 100K	42
129	Montgomery County, TX	119.9 per 100K	750
130	Madison County, IL	120.0 per 100K	454
131	Wicomico County, MD	120.0 per 100K	93
132	Irwin County, GA	120.2 per 100K	30
133	Navarro County, TX	120.4 per 100K	76
134	McCulloch County, TX	120.4 per 100K	15
135	Wilson County, KS	120.5 per 100K	8
136	Uintah County, UT	120.6 per 100K	68
137	Martin County, NC	120.6 per 100K	25
138	Greene County, NC	120.8 per 100K	21
139	Jefferson County, MT	120.9 per 100K	12
140	East Feliciana Parish, LA	121.1 per 100K	13
141	Fannin County, TX	121.2 per 100K	25
142	Lander County, NV	121.2 per 100K	16
143	Alcorn County, MS	121.3 per 100K	73
144	Bibb County, AL	121.5 per 100K	8
145	Victoria County, TX	121.5 per 100K	157
146	Bingham County, ID	121.6 per 100K	67
147	Schenectady County, NY	121.8 per 100K	244
148	Bent County, CO	121.8 per 100K	12
149	St. Clair County, MO	121.9 per 100K	26
150	Taos County, NM	121.9 per 100K	47
151	Bertie County, NC	122.2 per 100K	11
152	Garfield County, CO	122.2 per 100K	108
153	Tate County, MS	122.3 per 100K	—
154	Sheridan County, NE	122.4 per 100K	10
155	Brooks County, GA	122.8 per 100K	23
156	Tom Green County, TX	123.1 per 100K	348
157	Sheridan County, KS	123.3 per 100K	—
158	Henry County, KY	123.4 per 100K	33
159	McClain County, OK	123.6 per 100K	119
160	Sandoval County, NM	123.7 per 100K	141
161	Keya Paha County, NE	123.8 per 100K	—
162	Atoka County, OK	123.9 per 100K	23
163	Black Hawk County, IA	124.0 per 100K	255
164	Amelia County, VA	124.0 per 100K	16
165	Mason County, KY	124.2 per 100K	52
166	Ransom County, ND	124.2 per 100K	6
167	Sonoma County, CA	124.2 per 100K	732
168	Donley County, TX	124.3 per 100K	3
169	Wheeler County, TX	124.3 per 100K	—
170	Lee County, TX	124.3 per 100K	19
171	Greene County, VA	124.4 per 100K	9
172	Marshall County, AL	124.4 per 100K	82
173	Calhoun County, AL	124.7 per 100K	100
174	Trinity County, TX	124.7 per 100K	9
175	Pawnee County, OK	124.7 per 100K	57
176	Shelby County, KY	124.8 per 100K	91
177	Bedford County, TN	124.9 per 100K	98
178	Lewis County, WA	125.1 per 100K	90
179	Suffolk city, VA	125.2 per 100K	162
180	Colbert County, AL	125.3 per 100K	44
181	Davidson County, NC	125.3 per 100K	356
182	Kidder County, ND	125.3 per 100K	—
183	Wise County, VA	125.6 per 100K	70
184	Fayette County, TN	125.7 per 100K	47
185	Sweetwater County, WY	125.8 per 100K	36
186	Cheyenne County, NE	125.8 per 100K	13
187	Dunn County, ND	125.8 per 100K	5
188	Jackson County, AL	126.1 per 100K	26
189	Boone County, KY	126.1 per 100K	190
190	Jackson County, AR	126.2 per 100K	58
191	Giles County, VA	126.2 per 100K	18
192	Wheeler County, NE	126.3 per 100K	—
193	Rowan County, KY	126.4 per 100K	52
194	Pike County, KY	126.4 per 100K	142
195	St. Clair County, IL	126.5 per 100K	402
196	Brown County, WI	126.5 per 100K	190
197	Hidalgo County, NM	126.6 per 100K	1
198	Allen County, OH	126.8 per 100K	160
199	Coffee County, TN	126.9 per 100K	109
200	Union County, NM	126.9 per 100K	4
201	Knox County, IL	127.2 per 100K	106
202	Colusa County, CA	127.2 per 100K	45
203	Burke County, GA	127.2 per 100K	37
204	Coffee County, AL	127.5 per 100K	62
205	Claiborne County, TN	127.5 per 100K	49
206	Madison County, KY	127.5 per 100K	163
207	Douglas County, WI	127.5 per 100K	116
208	Maury County, TN	127.6 per 100K	256
209	Kaufman County, TX	127.8 per 100K	248
210	Taylor County, TX	128.0 per 100K	216
211	Humboldt County, NV	128.1 per 100K	39
212	Kit Carson County, CO	128.1 per 100K	19
213	Buchanan County, VA	128.2 per 100K	40
214	Nez Perce County, ID	128.2 per 100K	59
215	Highland County, VA	128.4 per 100K	—
216	Stone County, MS	128.5 per 100K	37
217	Harmon County, OK	128.5 per 100K	3
218	Tippecanoe County, IN	128.5 per 100K	217
219	Anderson County, TN	128.7 per 100K	183
220	Simpson County, MS	128.8 per 100K	3
221	Le Flore County, OK	128.9 per 100K	80
222	Pushmataha County, OK	128.9 per 100K	20
223	Giles County, TN	129.0 per 100K	48
224	Henderson County, TX	129.0 per 100K	117
225	Kearny County, KS	129.2 per 100K	8
226	Limestone County, AL	129.4 per 100K	20
227	Caddo County, OK	129.4 per 100K	68
228	Faulkner County, AR	129.4 per 100K	271
229	Walker County, TX	129.4 per 100K	94
230	Hardin County, KY	129.6 per 100K	167
231	Howard County, IN	129.7 per 100K	105
232	Cleveland County, NC	129.7 per 100K	199
233	Winston County, AL	129.9 per 100K	9
233	Renville County, ND	129.9 per 100K	—
235	Poinsett County, AR	129.9 per 100K	63
236	Tipton County, TN	130.0 per 100K	88
237	Delta County, CO	130.1 per 100K	58
238	Lawrence County, MO	130.1 per 100K	73
239	McCormick County, SC	130.3 per 100K	6
240	Johnson County, MO	130.8 per 100K	102
241	Pike County, MS	130.8 per 100K	38
242	Scott County, VA	130.9 per 100K	35
243	Adams County, MS	131.0 per 100K	23
244	Jefferson County, KS	131.1 per 100K	39
245	Jefferson County, MO	131.4 per 100K	667
246	Ballard County, KY	131.4 per 100K	10
247	Morris County, TX	131.5 per 100K	16
248	Henry County, AL	131.6 per 100K	10
249	Otero County, NM	131.7 per 100K	65
250	Polk County, GA	131.7 per 100K	102
251	Hunt County, TX	131.7 per 100K	188
252	San Benito County, CA	131.7 per 100K	132
253	Socorro County, NM	131.8 per 100K	14
254	Halifax County, NC	131.9 per 100K	55
255	Mercer County, WV	132.1 per 100K	87
256	Appanoose County, IA	132.2 per 100K	22
257	Tillman County, OK	132.4 per 100K	16
258	Terrebonne Parish, LA	132.5 per 100K	162
259	Lauderdale County, AL	132.6 per 100K	136
260	Albany County, NY	132.6 per 100K	408
261	Floyd County, IN	133.3 per 100K	195
262	Tazewell County, VA	133.4 per 100K	45
263	Fredericksburg city, VA	133.4 per 100K	40
264	Escambia County, AL	133.6 per 100K	16
265	Mille Lacs County, MN	133.7 per 100K	74
266	Clay County, NC	133.7 per 100K	32
267	Wilson County, TX	133.8 per 100K	44
268	Harrisonburg city, VA	133.9 per 100K	53
269	Douglas County, WA	134.0 per 100K	48
270	Whiteside County, IL	134.1 per 100K	66
271	Pinellas County, FL	134.2 per 100K	1,459
272	Knox County, IN	134.2 per 100K	69
273	Buckingham County, VA	134.4 per 100K	21
274	Van Buren County, TN	134.7 per 100K	5
275	Kendall County, TX	134.7 per 100K	70
276	Nye County, NV	134.8 per 100K	121
277	Autauga County, AL	135.0 per 100K	73
278	Garfield County, OK	135.4 per 100K	108
279	Franklin County, KY	135.5 per 100K	166
280	Cleveland County, AR	135.6 per 100K	13
281	Christian County, KY	135.8 per 100K	139
282	Franklin County, MO	136.0 per 100K	285
283	Titus County, TX	136.0 per 100K	58
284	Treasure County, MT	136.1 per 100K	—
285	Hertford County, NC	136.1 per 100K	29
286	Robertson County, TX	136.2 per 100K	25
287	Hutchinson County, TX	136.4 per 100K	42
288	Bullitt County, KY	136.4 per 100K	231
289	Scioto County, OH	136.4 per 100K	127
290	Warren County, NC	136.4 per 100K	28
291	Pitt County, NC	136.6 per 100K	185
292	Bay County, MI	136.7 per 100K	121
293	Lincoln Parish, LA	136.8 per 100K	51
294	Skagit County, WA	136.9 per 100K	251
295	Hidalgo County, TX	136.9 per 100K	845
296	Pulaski County, VA	137.1 per 100K	32
297	Roane County, TN	137.4 per 100K	84
298	Kane County, IL	137.6 per 100K	390
299	Traill County, ND	138.1 per 100K	8
300	Houston County, GA	138.9 per 100K	277

Showing the first 300 of 1,000 counties, ranked by Vehicle Theft Rate.

What correlates with Vehicle Theft Rate (2024)?

Pearson r against 44 other county metrics sharing at least 600 counties. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher Vehicle Theft Rate tend to score higher on these

Property Crime RateProperty Crime Rates by State
r = +0.72 · very strong · n = 744
Plot
Robbery RateRobbery Rates by County
r = +0.71 · very strong · n = 765
Plot
MurdersMurder Rates by County
r = +0.55 · strong · n = 683
Plot
Total Property CrimesProperty Crime Rates by State
r = +0.49 · moderate · n = 744
Plot
Democratic Vote Share (President, %)Presidential Election Results by County, 2016–2024
r = +0.47 · moderate · n = 994
Plot
Total Violent CrimesMost Violent Counties
r = +0.45 · moderate · n = 748
Plot

Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Vehicle Theft Rate tend to score lower on these

Republican Vote Share (President, %)Presidential Election Results by County, 2016–2024
r = −0.47 · moderate · n = 994
Plot
Presidential Margin (Republican minus Democratic, Points)Presidential Election Results by County, 2016–2024
r = −0.47 · moderate · n = 994
Plot
Adults Who Smoke (%)Health of Adults by County (CDC PLACES)
r = −0.19 · weak · n = 966
Plot
Adults with Frequent Mental Distress (%)Health of Adults by County (CDC PLACES)
r = −0.18 · weak · n = 966
Plot
Adults with Depression (%)Health of Adults by County (CDC PLACES)
r = −0.18 · weak · n = 966
Plot
Adults with Obesity (%)Health of Adults by County (CDC PLACES)
r = −0.16 · weak · n = 966
Plot

Quick answers

Which county has the highest Vehicle Theft Rate?: Jackson County, MO has the highest Vehicle Theft Rate in 2024, at 1,543 per 100K, followed by St. Louis city, MO (1,467 per 100K) and Alameda County, CA (1,235 per 100K).
Which county has the lowest Vehicle Theft Rate?: Nodaway County, MO has the lowest Vehicle Theft Rate in 2024, at 108.4 per 100K.
What is the median Vehicle Theft Rate across US counties?: The median is 171.6 per 100K across the 1,000 US counties with data in 2024.
Where does this vehicle theft rate by county data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review. Last updated 2026-10-28.