In 2020, the Anchorage metropolitan areas in Alaska had the highest robbery rate in the United States, with 185.4 robbery cases per 100,000 inhabitants. The San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA metro area was second, with 178.5 robberies per 100,000 inhabitants.
Metropolitan areas with the highest robbery rate in the United States in 2020
(per 100,000 inhabitants)
* The source only includes data for metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) where at least 75 percent of the agencies within the MSA reported data and for which the principal city/cities submitted 12 months of complete data for 2020. Accordingly, the following large MSAs are not included: New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Seattle, Denver, St Louis, Charlotte, Pittsburgh, Kansas City and Indianapolis.
Rates are the number of reported offenses per 100,000 of the population.
The FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program defines robbery as the taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear.
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FBI. (September 27, 2021). Metropolitan areas with the highest robbery rate in the United States in 2020 (per 100,000 inhabitants) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/605569/us-metropolitan-areas-with-the-highest-robery-rate/
FBI. "Metropolitan areas with the highest robbery rate in the United States in 2020 (per 100,000 inhabitants)." Chart. September 27, 2021. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/605569/us-metropolitan-areas-with-the-highest-robery-rate/
FBI. (2021). Metropolitan areas with the highest robbery rate in the United States in 2020 (per 100,000 inhabitants). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/605569/us-metropolitan-areas-with-the-highest-robery-rate/
FBI. "Metropolitan Areas with The Highest Robbery Rate in The United States in 2020 (per 100,000 Inhabitants)." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Sep 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/605569/us-metropolitan-areas-with-the-highest-robery-rate/
FBI, Metropolitan areas with the highest robbery rate in the United States in 2020 (per 100,000 inhabitants) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/605569/us-metropolitan-areas-with-the-highest-robery-rate/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Metropolitan areas with the highest robbery rate in the United States in 2020 (per 100,000 inhabitants) [Graph], FBI, September 27, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/605569/us-metropolitan-areas-with-the-highest-robery-rate/
