Anderson, Greenville and Spartanburg all saw an increase in stolen vehicles according to numbers released Tuesday by the National Crime Bureau.
Anderson ranks 42nd in the U.S. According to the NICB annual report on auto theft rates.
The number of vehicles stolen in South Carolina remains steady with over 23,000 vehicles stolen in the metropolitan statistical areas around the state in 2007.
Myrtle Beach continues to hold the number one spot of all the South Carolina MSAs and is ranked number 23 in the country for vehicle theft. The NICB and local law enforcement officials say Myrtle Beach has a higher vehicle theft rate due to the distance to the state line as well as the high rate of tourism and popular large events in the area each year.
Preliminary data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows a 7.4 percent decrease in vehicle theft nationally.
2007 Rank
2006 Rank
2005 Rank
MSA
Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)Name
2007 Thefts
2007 Rate
2006 Thefts
2006 Rate
2005 Thefts
2005 Rate
23
20
27
34820
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC MSA
1,545
618.19
1,668
695.71
1,410
616.86
38
29
25
16740
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA
8,600
520.72
9,401
593.18
9,609
631.26
42
54
58
11340
Anderson, SC MSA
928
515.61
854
482.25
877
502.90
55
76
98
12260
Augusta-Richmond County-Aiken, GA-SC MSA
2,385
451.26
2,266
433.59
2,093
404.36
64
90
91
43900
Spartanburg, SC MSA
1,187
430.80
1,111
411.63
1,109
417.44
75
95
86
24860
Greenville, SC MSA
2,515
409.72
2,396
398.99
2,508
425.18
81
83
75
17900
Columbia, SC MSA
2,879
402.08
2,925
415.61
3,138
453.72
88
145
120
44940
Sumter, SC MSA
403
387.71
314
301.65
375
357.66
98
123
115
22500
Florence, SC MSA
710
357.29
685
346.42
722
366.79
132
119
132
16700
Charleston-N. Charleston, SC MSA
1,890
299.95
2,083
337.51
1,917
318.56
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