Theft in the US

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

Across the 60 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with a complete 2025 year of police open data that list theft, theft ran at about 1,637 incidents per 100,000 residents, down 5.6% from 2024 in the 55 cities with both years complete. The list below ranks those cities by their own rate; the second list shows the largest archives.

Highest theft rates per 100,000 (2025)

  1. 1. Asheville 3,795 per 100K · 3,605 incidents · NC
  2. 2. Denver 3,472 per 100K · 25,308 incidents · CO
  3. 3. Louisville 2,806 per 100K · 17,980 incidents · KY
  4. 4. Tacoma 2,805 per 100K · 6,402 incidents · WA
  5. 5. Spokane 2,780 per 100K · 6,410 incidents · WA
  6. 6. Memphis 2,738 per 100K · 16,726 incidents · TN
  7. 7. Baton Rouge 2,610 per 100K · 5,765 incidents · LA
  8. 8. San Francisco 2,581 per 100K · 21,356 incidents · CA
  9. 9. Buffalo 2,273 per 100K · 6,287 incidents · NY
  10. 10. Omaha 2,139 per 100K · 10,467 incidents · NE
  11. 11. Evansville 2,047 per 100K · 2,362 incidents · IN
  12. 12. Chicago 2,035 per 100K · 55,392 incidents · IL
  13. 13. Oakland 2,007 per 100K · 8,903 incidents · CA
  14. 14. Chattanooga 1,957 per 100K · 3,747 incidents · TN
  15. 15. Duluth 1,938 per 100K · 1,705 incidents · MN
  16. 16. Cambridge 1,928 per 100K · 2,336 incidents · MA
  17. 17. Charlottesville 1,923 per 100K · 861 incidents · VA
  18. 18. Tucson 1,880 per 100K · 10,414 incidents · AZ
  19. 19. Fayetteville 1,867 per 100K · 3,912 incidents · NC
  20. 20. Orlando 1,838 per 100K · 6,153 incidents · FL

Largest theft archives

  1. 1. Chicago 1,047,484
  2. 2. Los Angeles 771,247
  3. 3. Austin 403,339
  4. 4. San Francisco 313,313
  5. 5. San Antonio 275,857
  6. 6. Seattle 250,763
  7. 7. Cincinnati 190,866
  8. 8. Dallas 184,899
  9. 9. Denver 182,722
  10. 10. Oakland 173,423
  11. 11. Buffalo 150,220
  12. 12. Charlotte 150,128
  13. 13. New Orleans 138,351
  14. 14. Fort Worth 138,130
  15. 15. New York 132,530
  16. 16. Memphis 123,610
  17. 17. Atlanta 122,160
  18. 18. Tucson 114,016
  19. 19. Detroit 95,437
  20. 20. Nashville 93,991
  21. 21. Indianapolis 91,691
  22. 22. Jacksonville 90,399
  23. 23. Fayetteville 90,050
  24. 24. Montgomery County 85,468
  25. 25. Raleigh 81,012

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 theft.

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