Burglary in U.S. cities and states
Unlawful entry into a building or other structure to commit a crime, usually theft.
We estimate about 564,900 offenses a year across the U.S., down 13.3% from a year earlier. The model projects a 34.0% decline by 2031.
- Group
- Property crimes
- FBI offense codes
- 220
- Counted as
- One per offense
Cities and places
Highest burglary rates among the places we publish
Index per resident for burglary; the U.S. rate is 100. Rates run high where many people work or visit but few live, so downtowns and shopping areas weigh on a city's figure.
PlaceIndex
25 places published so far; 20 are above the U.S. rate for burglary. The highest is at 6.1 times the U.S. rate.
States
Burglary by state
Every block group in each state, including towns and unincorporated areas.
StateIndex
New Mexico
189
Louisiana
167
Alaska
157
Arkansas
149
Oregon
126
South Carolina
126
Missouri
120
Alabama
120
Mississippi
118
Kansas
114
Hawaii
108
North Dakota
102
Minnesota
97
Kentucky
91
Delaware
91
Iowa
85
West Virginia
83
Michigan
82
Maryland
80
Georgia
72
Montana
72
South Dakota
71
Wyoming
68
Utah
65
Nebraska
64
New Jersey
63
Vermont
50
Virginia
49
Rhode Island
48
Wisconsin
47
Idaho
47
Maine
41
Connecticut
40
New Hampshire
29
Other property crimes
Estimates, not incident records: agency totals reported to the FBI, modeled across census block groups. How the estimates are made.