Buffalo Auto theft

Buffalo · Auto theft · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Buffalo police open data recorded 1,816 auto theft incidents, 14.7% of all 12,333 incidents reported in the city that year and down 33.4% from 2024. That is about 657 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, 1,381 auto theft incidents have been published.

Auto theft in Buffalo by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)1,381——
20251,816657down 33.4%
20242,728986down 32.4%
20234,0331,458up 135.8%
20221,710618down 4.1%
20211,783645up 10.0%
20201,621586up 66.4%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 34,213 auto theft incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most auto theft (2025)

  1. Central 131 incidents
  2. North Park 129 incidents
  3. Elmwood Bryant 99 incidents
  4. Elmwood Bidwell 96 incidents
  5. West Side 72 incidents
  6. Kensington-Bailey 72 incidents
  7. Broadway Fillmore 71 incidents
  8. South Park 69 incidents

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

Questions

How many auto theft incidents were reported in Buffalo in 2025?

1,816, according to Buffalo Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is auto theft going up or down in Buffalo?

Reported auto theft was down 33.4% in 2025 compared with 2024, and up 6.2% compared with 2022 (rising over three years).

Where does this data come from?

Source: Buffalo 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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