Athens Theft
Athens · Theft · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Athens police open data recorded 2,101 theft incidents, 29.3% of all 7,175 incidents reported in the city that year and down 9.9% from 2024. That is about 1,633 per 100,000 residents, compared with 1,637 per 100,000 across the 60 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 1,641 theft incidents have been published.
Theft in Athens by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 1,641 | — | — |
| 2025 | 2,101 | 1,633 | down 9.9% |
| 2024 | 2,333 | 1,813 | down 8.1% |
| 2023 | 2,540 | 1,974 | down 0.3% |
| 2022 | 2,548 | 1,980 | — |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 11,163 theft incidents.
Questions
How many theft incidents were reported in Athens in 2025?
2,101, according to Athens-Clarke County Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is theft going up or down in Athens?
Reported theft was down 9.9% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 17.5% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).
Where does this data come from?
Source: Athens-Clarke County Police Department open data. TheCrimeMaps.com groups each published offense into a crime type; counts are police-reported incidents, not convictions, and some reports are reclassified or removed by the source later.
Other crime types in Athens
- Athens other 2,363 in 2025
- Athens assault 1,213 in 2025
- Athens fraud 696 in 2025
- Athens vandalism 463 in 2025
- Athens burglary 149 in 2025
- Athens auto theft 147 in 2025
- Athens robbery 43 in 2025