Americans living in some states face far higher burglary rates than those elsewhere, according to a new study comparing reported burglaries across 48 states.

The analysis by Liberty Home Products examined the number of burglaries recorded in each state alongside the burglary rate per 100,000 residents.

New Mexico ranked first, recording 8,607 burglaries and a rate of 404.9 per 100,000 residents, the highest of any state included in the study.

Oklahoma followed in second place, with 15,064 burglaries and a rate of 365.3 per 100,000.

Louisiana ranked third at 326.2 burglaries per 100,000 residents. A total of 15,063 burglaries were recorded across the state.

Washington placed fourth, recording 25,137 burglaries and a rate of 314.2 per 100,000.

Nevada completed the top five. The state recorded 10,223 burglaries, equivalent to 311.5 per 100,000 residents.

North Carolina ranked sixth despite recording substantially more burglaries than most states above it. A total of 34,035 burglaries were recorded, producing a rate of 303.9 per 100,000.

Arkansas followed in seventh place at 281.2 burglaries per 100,000, with 8,758 incidents recorded.

California ranked eighth. Although the state recorded by far the highest raw number of burglaries in the study at 108,270, its much larger population resulted in a rate of 275.1 per 100,000 residents.

Colorado followed closely in ninth place with 16,396 burglaries and a rate of 272.7 per 100,000.

Oregon completed the top 10 at 247.3 burglaries per 100,000 residents, after recording 10,567 burglaries.

The U.S. states with the lowest burglary rates

At the opposite end of the ranking, New Hampshire recorded the lowest burglary rate at just 51.4 per 100,000 residents, with 727 burglaries recorded.

Maine had the second-lowest rate at 78.6 per 100,000, following 1,112 recorded burglaries.

Connecticut ranked third-lowest at 81.6, while Rhode Island followed at 86.1 burglaries per 100,000 residents.

Virginia completed the bottom five with a rate of 87.1 per 100,000, after recording 7,736 burglaries.

Methodology

Liberty Home Products analyzed the latest available state-level burglary figures to determine where residents face the highest rates of burglary.

For each of the 48 states included in the analysis, the total number of recorded burglaries was compared with the state's population to produce a burglary rate per 100,000 residents.

States were then ranked from the highest burglary rate to the lowest.

The ranking uses the rate per 100,000 residents rather than the total number of burglaries, allowing states with very different population sizes to be compared more fairly.

Florida and North Dakota are marked with an asterisk because the underlying dataset identifies limitations in their reported data.

Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program.

You can find the full dataset in this spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rvtsStcLcs2Kny2UGNfhS6pIllScZg1zzgBm7YUkDwQ/edit?usp=sharing