Metros where your car is most likely to be stolen

Few experiences are more deflating than arriving at your parking spot, only to find it vacant. Deflating, yes, but certainly not rare. Even though motor vehicle theft has dropped by nearly 25% in the past decade, it still accounts for 10% of all property crime. In 2017 alone there were 773,139 motor vehicle thefts nationwide—that's nearly three-quarters of a million stolen cars in the United States in a single year. Where you live, however, has a big impact on your likelihood of becoming a victim.

Stacker compiled a list of the 50 metropolitan areas that are most prone to auto theft, in ascending order with the metro area with the highest proportion ranked #1. The list is the result of an analysis of 351 metro areas examined in the 2017 FBI Uniform Crime Report. The report estimates the average rate of motor vehicle theft nationwide to be 237.4 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2017, compared to 315.4 per 100,000 in 2008.

Read on to find out if your metro area lands on the list of America's auto theft hotspots.