Atlanta Auto theft

Atlanta · Auto theft · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Atlanta police open data recorded 2,735 auto theft incidents, 4.2% of all 64,793 incidents reported in the city that year and down 35.3% from 2024. That is about 526 per 100,000 residents, compared with 486 per 100,000 across the 56 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 1,100 auto theft incidents have been published.

Auto theft in Atlanta by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)1,100——
20252,735526down 35.3%
20244,228813down 22.9%
20235,4861,055up 51.5%
20223,622696up 4.8%
20213,455664—
2020 (partial year)2,099——

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 69,674 auto theft incidents.

Questions

How many auto theft incidents were reported in Atlanta in 2025?

2,735, according to Atlanta Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is auto theft going up or down in Atlanta?

Reported auto theft was down 35.3% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 24.5% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).

Where does this data come from?

Source: Atlanta 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.

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