Alabama Identity Theft in FTC Annual Consumer Sentinel Report

Each year the Federal Trade Commission puts out a report called the Consumer Sentinel Report that is not a statistical projection about Identity theft and fraud, but a listing of actual complaints received.

(102 page report here: Consumer Sentinel 2012)

Metropolitan Statistical Area	Complaints per 100,000
Miami / Fort Lauderdale / Pompano Beach, FL	645.4
Naples / Marco Island, FL	397.8
Tampa / St. Petersburg / Clearwater, FL	352.3
Cape Coral / Fort Myers, FL	292.5
Tallahassee, FL	288.5
Lakeland / Winter Haven, FL	281
Port St. Lucie / Fort Pierce, FL	272.6
Atlanta / Sandy Springs / Marietta, GA	246.6
North Port / Bradenton / Sarasota, FL	244.9
Orlando / Kissimmee / Sanford, FL	233.8
Punta Gorda, FL	220.7
Valdosta, GA	218.5
Ocala, FL	213.4
Albany, GA	209.1
Columbus, GA/AL	205.9
Montgomery, AL	203.7
Jacksonville, FL	190.4
Detroit / Warren / Livonia, MI	188.2
Sebastian / Vero Beach, FL	184.7
Savannah, GA	183.3
Palm Bay / Melbourne / Titusville, FL	182.6
Gainesville, FL	182.4
Deltona / Daytona Beach / Ormond Beach, FL	177.9
Beaumont / Port Arthur, TX	176
Macon, GA	170.5

16 of top 25 in Florida
6 of top 25 in Georgia
1 in Alabama
1 in Michigan
1 in Texas

Alabama, my home state, seems to have some seriously bad scores in the area of Identity Theft. The report lists "per capita" complaints, ordered by the "Metropolitan areas" as defined by the US Census Bureau.

Alabama Cities:

#15 - Columbus, GA/AL (205.9 per 100,000)
#16 - Montgomery, AL (203.7 per 100,000)
#42 - Auburn-Opelika, AL (124.1 per 100,000)
#62 - Birmingham-Hoover, AL (111 per 100,000)
#91 - Enterprise-Ozark, AL (97.8 per 100,000)
#118 - Anniston-Oxford, AL (90.2 per 100,000)
#125 - Tuscaloosa, AL (88.4 per 100,000)
#132 - Dothan, AL (87.2 per 100,000)
#145 - Gadsden, AL (84.3 per 100,000)
#195 - Decatur, AL (72.8 per 100,000)
#198 - Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL (72.4 per 100,000)
#303 - Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL (56.4 per 100,000)