Austin Burglary
Austin · Burglary · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Austin police open data recorded 4,348 burglary incidents, 5.6% of all 77,890 incidents reported in the city that year and down 4.9% from 2024. That is about 438 per 100,000 residents, compared with 412 per 100,000 across the 59 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 2,920 burglary incidents have been published.
Burglary in Austin by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 2,920 | — | — |
| 2025 | 4,348 | 438 | down 4.9% |
| 2024 | 4,573 | 460 | down 16.5% |
| 2023 | 5,479 | 551 | down 15.3% |
| 2022 | 6,466 | 651 | down 27.2% |
| 2021 | 8,876 | 893 | up 41.6% |
| 2020 | 6,267 | 631 | up 44.3% |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 152,101 burglary incidents.
Questions
How many burglary incidents were reported in Austin in 2025?
4,348, according to Austin Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is burglary going up or down in Austin?
Reported burglary was down 4.9% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 32.8% 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 auto theft 4,265 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