The Federal Trade Commission reported Las Cruces was 25th among the nation's largest metropolitan areas in the number of identity theft complaints in 2007, according to the Las Cruces Sun-News .

The FTC's Consumer Fraud and Identity Theft Complaint Data report (pdf download), issued in February, said Las Cruces had 157 complaints per 100,000 resident in 2007, the Sun-News said.

Albuquerque was ranked 66th and Santa Fe 75th in number of complaints, the paper reported.

The report was not a survey but was based on "self-reported and unverified consumer complaints received by the FTC, according to the Sun-News.

That said, New Mexico was ninth among states for reported ID thefts with 87.5 per 100,000 residents, the Sun-News said.

The metro area with the highest number of reported complaints was Napa, Calif., while Arizona was the state with the most complaints, the Sun-News reported. 

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