Baton Rouge Theft from vehicle
Baton Rouge · Theft from vehicle · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Baton Rouge police open data recorded 2,010 theft from vehicle incidents, 6.1% of all 33,037 incidents reported in the city that year and down 20.0% from 2024. That is about 910 per 100,000 residents, compared with 634 per 100,000 across the 46 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 1,863 theft from vehicle incidents have been published.
Theft from vehicle in Baton Rouge by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 1,863 | — | — |
| 2025 | 2,010 | 910 | down 20.0% |
| 2024 | 2,514 | 1,138 | down 6.2% |
| 2023 | 2,679 | 1,213 | down 3.3% |
| 2022 | 2,771 | 1,254 | up 83.9% |
| 2021 | 1,507 | 682 | — |
| 2020 | 4 | — | — |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 13,349 theft from vehicle incidents.
Neighborhoods with the most theft from vehicle (2025)
- Old South Baton Rouge 169 incidents
- South Campus 142 incidents
- North Baton Rouge 122 incidents
- Scotlandville 120 incidents
- Jones Creek 116 incidents
- Mid City 71 incidents
- North Sherwood Forest 68 incidents
- Center City 61 incidents
Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.
Questions
How many theft from vehicle incidents were reported in Baton Rouge in 2025?
2,010, according to Baton Rouge Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is theft from vehicle going up or down in Baton Rouge?
Reported theft from vehicle was down 20.0% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 27.5% 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.
Other crime types in Baton Rouge
- Baton Rouge other 11,186 in 2025
- Baton Rouge assault 5,785 in 2025
- Baton Rouge theft 5,765 in 2025
- Baton Rouge vandalism 3,108 in 2025
- Baton Rouge burglary 1,891 in 2025
- Baton Rouge auto theft 1,339 in 2025
- Baton Rouge fraud 1,103 in 2025
- Baton Rouge robbery 500 in 2025
- Baton Rouge sexual assault 297 in 2025
- Baton Rouge homicide 53 in 2025