Aurora Auto theft
Aurora · Auto theft · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Aurora police open data recorded 2,069 auto theft incidents, 16.2% of all 12,746 incidents reported in the city that year and down 42.9% from 2024. So far in 2026, 1,139 auto theft incidents have been published.
Auto theft in Aurora by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 1,139 | — | — |
| 2025 | 2,069 | — | down 42.9% |
| 2024 | 3,621 | — | down 30.7% |
| 2023 | 5,224 | — | down 23.0% |
| 2022 | 6,781 | — | up 23.4% |
| 2021 | 5,495 | — | up 40.5% |
| 2020 | 3,912 | — | — |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 28,835 auto theft incidents.
Neighborhoods with the most auto theft (2025)
- Gateway Park 145 incidents
- North Aurora 143 incidents
- Del Mar Parkway 97 incidents
- Hoffman Heights/Jewell Heights 85 incidents
- City Center 70 incidents
- Dayton Triangle 69 incidents
- City Center North 57 incidents
- Sable-Altura-Chambers 52 incidents
Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.
Questions
How many auto theft incidents were reported in Aurora in 2025?
2,069, according to Aurora Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is auto theft going up or down in Aurora?
Reported auto theft was down 42.9% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 69.5% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).
Where does this data come from?
Source: Aurora 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 Aurora
- Aurora theft 5,937 in 2025
- Aurora other 2,011 in 2025
- Aurora theft from vehicle 1,093 in 2025
- Aurora burglary 963 in 2025
- Aurora robbery 362 in 2025
- Aurora assault 281 in 2025
- Aurora homicide 30 in 2025