Break-ins across the United States

Burglaries per 100,000 residents in 48 states in 2025, ranked from highest to lowest. The figures are Bureau of Justice Statistics estimates, built from FBI data and adjusted for police agencies that do not report.

198

burglaries per 100,000 residents in 2025, about 675,290 in all. That is 14.9% lower than the 2024 rate of 232.

All 48 states, ranked

Each bar is one state, measured in burglaries per 100,000 residents. Hover or tap to read the numbers.

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Highest rateLowest rate
170Median state, per 100,000 residents
New MexicoHighest rate: 406 per 100,000
New HampshireLowest rate: 53 per 100,000
14.9% lowerNational burglary rate in 2025 than in 2024: 197.6 against 232.2 per 100,000

Beyond the totals

Police counts only show part of the picture.

40.7%Share of US burglaries reported to police in 2024, from the national household survey
About halfHome burglaries with no forced entry: 52% in Chicago in 2025, 52.5% nationally in the survey's 2003 to 2007 average
1 in 17Chicago home burglaries in 2025 with an arrest recorded
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RankStateRate per 100,000, 2025Burglaries (estimated)
1 New Mexico 406 8,640
2 Louisiana 380 17,530
3 Oklahoma 357 14,710
4 Nevada 312 10,250
5 Washington 307 24,560
6 North Carolina 286 31,980
7 Arkansas 277 8,630
8 Mississippi 273 8,060
9 California 270 106,250
10 Colorado 269 16,190
11 Oregon 243 10,400
12 Texas 238 75,360
13 South Carolina 228 12,700
14 Kansas 221 6,580
15 Missouri 218 13,670
16 Alabama 215 11,180
17 North Dakota 213 1,700
18 Hawaii 206 2,960
19 Tennessee 203 14,850
20 Arizona 194 14,770
21 Ohio 192 22,810
22 Nebraska 184 3,710
23 Florida 181 42,570
24 Iowa 172 5,550
25 Illinois 168 21,350
25 Kentucky 168 7,740
27 Georgia 167 18,850
28 Maryland 165 10,340
29 Minnesota 160 9,310
29 West Virginia 160 2,820
31 Delaware 158 1,680
32 Michigan 154 15,540
33 Indiana 146 10,140
33 Wyoming 146 860
35 South Dakota 140 1,300
36 Montana 136 1,550
37 New York 125 24,960
38 Utah 122 4,310
39 New Jersey 118 11,250
40 Massachusetts 111 7,930
41 Vermont 96 620
41 Wisconsin 96 5,700
43 Virginia 92 8,150
44 Idaho 91 1,840
45 Rhode Island 87 970
46 Connecticut 82 3,010
47 Maine 78 1,100
48 New Hampshire 53 750

Alaska and Pennsylvania are not shown because the source could not produce a reliable estimate for them. The District of Columbia is not in the source table. Rates are rounded to whole numbers here, and counts are rounded to the nearest 10.

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What to do about it

Whether you own or rent, the basics are the same: see who is at your door, cover the back and sides, and make the home look occupied.

  • Start with the door. A video doorbell shows who is there and records visitors and deliveries.
  • Cover the other entrances. A battery or solar camera can watch a back door, garage or yard without new wiring.
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About this data

Source. Bureau of Justice Statistics, Crime Known to Law Enforcement, 2025 (October 2026), Table 3, which uses FBI National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) data. The 2024 comparison is the revised 2024 national rate in the same report. The reporting share comes from the National Crime Victimization Survey, 2024, Table 4.

What is counted. Burglary means unlawful entry of a structure to commit a crime. It includes homes and businesses, and this table does not split them. Estimates use weighting to account for agencies that did not report, so they are not simple counts, and counts are rounded.

How to read it. Rates are burglaries per 100,000 residents, so states of different sizes can be compared. Definitions and reporting practices differ between states, so treat rankings as a rough guide. These figures are not comparable with the Canadian ones, which are measured differently. Rankings and the median are our own calculations. MkaeSense is not affiliated with the data publishers, and this is general information, not a prediction for any home or street.