Salt Lake City is No. 2 on the list of places where your holiday package is likely to be stolen off your front porch — which probably shouldn’t surprise anyone, given that Utah’s capital is No. 1 in the nation in overall theft rate.
That’s according to the website SafeWise.com, which reports that Salt Lake City’s overall rate is 32.6 thefts per 1,000 people in a year. That’s almost twice the national average of 17.
By the way, the safest place for holiday package delivery is New York City, smashing another stereotype.
According to SafeWise.com, the 10 metro areas with the highest rates of holiday package theft are:
Austin, Texas
Salt Lake City
Miami-Fort Lauderdale
Atlanta
Raleigh-Durham, N.C.
Seattle-Tacoma
Houston
Dallas-Fort Worth
Tampa-St. Petersburg, Fla.
Boston
And the 10 metro areas with the lowest rates of holiday package theft are:
New York City
St. Louis
Portland, Ore.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.
Sacramento-Stockton, Calif.
Washington, D.C.
Denver
San Francisco-Oakland
Detroit
San Diego