New study reveals Maryland is the ninth state where your car is most likely to get stolen Maryland ranks ninth with 1,589 thefts per 100,000 residents, for a total of 98,221 thefts in five years. Colorado is first with 2,852 thefts per 100,000 residents, while Washington and Nevada come in second and third place, respectively. Texas is the state with the most total vehicle thefts in the top 10 with almost 500,000 thefts between 2021 and 2025. A new study reveals that Maryland is the ninth state for vehicle thefts in the US. The study, conducted by car comparison website Save Max Auto , summed all vehicle thefts registered between 2021 and 2025 from the FBI Crime Data Explorer (CDE) for each US state and compared them to each state’s population (from US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program (PEP)) to find out where there have been the most thefts per 100,000 residents. Maryland's findings Maryland ranks ninth, with 1,589 thefts per 100,000 residents. This figure is based on ...