# Favorite criminal activities by state - ya gotta have a hobby

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**Created:** [September 26, 2013, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-criminal-activities-by-state-ya-gotta-have-a-hobby/669738 "2013-09-26T17:31:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-criminal-activities-by-state-ya-gotta-have-a-hobby/669738/1 "2013-09-26T17:31:46Z")

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In some cases like rape which tends to be under reported, the stats can’t be taken as gospel, but it’s still interesting for the trends it seems to reveal. [9 crime maps](http://www.businessinsider.com/maps-on-fbis-uniform-crime-report-2013-9).

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> [Violent crime ticked up in 2012](http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/fbi-releases-2012-crime-statistics), but America is still a [lot safer than it used to be](http://www.businessinsider.com/america-has-gotten-much-safer-2013-7), according to the FBI’s recently released uniform crime report.  
> Business Insider mapped the results, revealing a snapshot of crime in the United States. Among various trends, we noted that [the South was particularly violent](http://www.businessinsider.com/south-has-more-violent-crime-fbi-statistics-show-2013-9), as it has been for many years; rape appears to be more common in rural states; and car thefts are most common in the West and Southwest.

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**Author:** ![Blackberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-criminal-activities-by-state-ya-gotta-have-a-hobby/669738/2 "2013-09-26T17:56:02Z")

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I don’t know why there’s so much property crime in WA but if someone fucks with my car again I’m going to add to the violent crime rate.

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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-criminal-activities-by-state-ya-gotta-have-a-hobby/669738/3 "2013-09-26T18:33:59Z")

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Yippee we are the least rapey!