Vandalism in the US

Mapped from police open data · updated 2026-11-12

Across the 57 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with a complete 2025 year of police open data that list vandalism, vandalism ran at about 741 incidents per 100,000 residents, down 12.7% from 2024 in the 52 cities with both years complete. The list below ranks those cities by their own rate; the second list shows the largest archives.

Highest vandalism rates per 100,000 (2025)

  1. 1. Spokane 1,673 per 100K · 3,858 incidents · WA
  2. 2. Minneapolis 1,639 per 100K · 7,024 incidents · MN
  3. 3. Evansville 1,614 per 100K · 1,863 incidents · IN
  4. 4. Memphis 1,599 per 100K · 9,771 incidents · TN
  5. 5. Tacoma 1,591 per 100K · 3,631 incidents · WA
  6. 6. Detroit 1,472 per 100K · 9,502 incidents · MI
  7. 7. Peoria 1,429 per 100K · 1,596 incidents · IL
  8. 8. Tucson 1,411 per 100K · 7,817 incidents · AZ
  9. 9. Baton Rouge 1,407 per 100K · 3,108 incidents · LA
  10. 10. Baltimore 1,307 per 100K · 7,426 incidents · MD
  11. 11. Boston 1,066 per 100K · 7,180 incidents · MA
  12. 12. Glendale 1,048 per 100K · 2,706 incidents · AZ
  13. 13. Omaha 1,010 per 100K · 4,943 incidents · NE
  14. 14. Kansas City 1,008 per 100K · 5,200 incidents · MO
  15. 15. Chicago 967 per 100K · 26,309 incidents · IL
  16. 16. Louisville 946 per 100K · 6,063 incidents · KY
  17. 17. Indianapolis 858 per 100K · 7,653 incidents · IN
  18. 18. St. Paul 830 per 100K · 2,551 incidents · MN
  19. 19. Seattle 821 per 100K · 6,412 incidents · WA
  20. 20. Raleigh 817 per 100K · 4,082 incidents · NC

Largest vandalism archives

  1. 1. Chicago 512,708
  2. 2. Los Angeles 340,862
  3. 3. Austin 165,882
  4. 4. Seattle 120,587
  5. 5. Dallas 116,910
  6. 6. Oakland 100,094
  7. 7. Detroit 93,640
  8. 8. Memphis 87,065
  9. 9. San Francisco 74,768
  10. 10. Cincinnati 70,979
  11. 11. Tucson 68,245
  12. 12. New Orleans 64,384
  13. 13. Indianapolis 58,674
  14. 14. San Antonio 56,805
  15. 15. Charlotte 49,942
  16. 16. Kansas City 48,280
  17. 17. San Diego 47,925
  18. 18. Nashville 47,601
  19. 19. Fort Worth 47,441
  20. 20. Tacoma 47,328
  21. 21. Evansville 47,261
  22. 22. Minneapolis 44,055
  23. 23. Spokane 41,089
  24. 24. Raleigh 39,173
  25. 25. Baltimore 37,861

Archive counts are full-archive incidents; portals differ in coverage and start year. Rates use US Census 2024 population and only cities whose feed covers all 12 months of 2025; departments classify offenses differently, so these are not official crime rates. What counts as vandalism.

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