Austin Auto theft
Austin · Auto theft · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Austin police open data recorded 4,265 auto theft incidents, 5.5% of all 77,890 incidents reported in the city that year and down 26.6% from 2024. That is about 429 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, 2,536 auto theft incidents have been published.
Auto theft in Austin by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 2,536 | — | — |
| 2025 | 4,265 | 429 | down 26.6% |
| 2024 | 5,813 | 585 | down 14.0% |
| 2023 | 6,763 | 681 | up 33.1% |
| 2022 | 5,083 | 512 | up 15.8% |
| 2021 | 4,389 | 442 | up 13.8% |
| 2020 | 3,856 | 388 | up 30.8% |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 71,567 auto theft incidents.
Questions
How many auto theft incidents were reported in Austin in 2025?
4,265, according to Austin Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is auto theft going up or down in Austin?
Reported auto theft was down 26.6% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 16.1% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).
Where does this data come from?
Source: Austin 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 Austin
- Austin other 27,986 in 2025
- Austin theft 15,253 in 2025
- Austin assault 9,248 in 2025
- Austin theft from vehicle 7,267 in 2025
- Austin vandalism 4,900 in 2025
- Austin burglary 4,348 in 2025
- Austin fraud 2,012 in 2025
- Austin bike theft 981 in 2025
- Austin sexual assault 818 in 2025
- Austin robbery 759 in 2025
- Austin homicide 53 in 2025