Baton Rouge Auto theft

Baton Rouge · Auto theft · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Baton Rouge police open data recorded 1,339 auto theft incidents, 4.1% of all 33,037 incidents reported in the city that year and down 38.9% from 2024. That is about 606 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, 1,166 auto theft incidents have been published.

Auto theft in Baton Rouge by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)1,166——
20251,339606down 38.9%
20242,191992down 1.2%
20232,2181,004up 28.1%
20221,731784up 18.3%
20211,463662—
20202——

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 10,111 auto theft incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most auto theft (2025)

  1. North Baton Rouge 109 incidents
  2. Jones Creek 84 incidents
  3. Scotlandville 78 incidents
  4. Old South Baton Rouge 76 incidents
  5. North Sherwood Forest 74 incidents
  6. Brookstown 73 incidents
  7. South Campus 55 incidents
  8. Downtown East 50 incidents

Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.

Questions

How many auto theft incidents were reported in Baton Rouge in 2025?

1,339, according to Baton Rouge Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is auto theft going up or down in Baton Rouge?

Reported auto theft was down 38.9% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 22.6% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).

Where does this data come from?

Source: Baton Rouge 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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