Theft from vehicle in the US
Mapped from police open data · updated 2026-11-12
Across the 46 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with a complete 2025 year of police open data that list theft from vehicle, theft from vehicle ran at about 634 incidents per 100,000 residents, down 10.8% from 2024 in the 43 cities with both years complete. The list below ranks those cities by their own rate; the second list shows the largest archives.
Highest theft from vehicle rates per 100,000 (2025)
- 1. Seattle 1,500 per 100K · 11,718 incidents · WA
- 2. Atlanta 1,223 per 100K · 6,359 incidents · GA
- 3. Minneapolis 1,135 per 100K · 4,864 incidents · MN
- 4. Durham 1,050 per 100K · 3,171 incidents · NC
- 5. Charlotte 1,028 per 100K · 9,696 incidents · NC
- 6. Spokane 1,022 per 100K · 2,357 incidents · WA
- 7. Baltimore 985 per 100K · 5,599 incidents · MD
- 8. Duluth 980 per 100K · 862 incidents · MN
- 9. Cincinnati 947 per 100K · 2,983 incidents · OH
- 10. Kansas City 940 per 100K · 4,850 incidents · MO
- 11. Baton Rouge 910 per 100K · 2,010 incidents · LA
- 12. Norfolk 891 per 100K · 2,060 incidents · VA
- 13. Dallas 825 per 100K · 10,939 incidents · TX
- 14. Detroit 799 per 100K · 5,160 incidents · MI
- 15. Chattanooga 765 per 100K · 1,465 incidents · TN
- 16. Memphis 744 per 100K · 4,545 incidents · TN
- 17. Austin 731 per 100K · 7,267 incidents · TX
- 18. Los Angeles 627 per 100K · 24,333 incidents · CA
- 19. St. Paul 627 per 100K · 1,928 incidents · MN
- 20. Charlottesville 601 per 100K · 269 incidents · VA
Largest theft from vehicle archives
- 1. Los Angeles 471,779
- 2. Austin 290,389
- 3. Seattle 246,445
- 4. Atlanta 153,893
- 5. Dallas 152,917
- 6. Charlotte 97,569
- 7. Kansas City 61,373
- 8. Detroit 54,890
- 9. Indianapolis 50,193
- 10. Memphis 50,061
- 11. Montgomery County 50,040
- 12. Fort Worth 49,176
- 13. Colorado Springs 45,013
- 14. Minneapolis 42,538
- 15. San Diego 42,481
- 16. Tucson 35,238
- 17. St. Paul 30,996
- 18. Raleigh 29,959
- 19. Chattanooga 29,242
- 20. Spokane 28,660
- 21. Baltimore 28,353
- 22. Jacksonville 26,950
- 23. Fayetteville 25,296
- 24. King County 22,433
- 25. Norfolk 15,982
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 from vehicle.