Buffalo Theft

Buffalo · Theft · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Buffalo police open data recorded 6,287 theft incidents, 51.0% of all 12,333 incidents reported in the city that year and down 7.0% from 2024. That is about 2,273 per 100,000 residents, compared with 1,637 per 100,000 across the 60 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 4,922 theft incidents have been published.

Theft in Buffalo by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)4,922——
20256,2872,273down 7.0%
20246,7582,443up 14.9%
20235,8822,126up 9.5%
20225,3731,942up 5.2%
20215,1091,847down 8.7%
20205,5952,023down 13.4%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 150,220 theft incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most theft (2025)

  1. North Park 606 incidents
  2. Kensington-Bailey 337 incidents
  3. Broadway Fillmore 299 incidents
  4. Elmwood Bryant 294 incidents
  5. Elmwood Bidwell 284 incidents
  6. West Side 269 incidents
  7. Upper West Side 251 incidents
  8. Central 240 incidents

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

Questions

How many theft incidents were reported in Buffalo in 2025?

6,287, according to Buffalo Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is theft going up or down in Buffalo?

Reported theft was down 7.0% in 2025 compared with 2024, and up 17.0% 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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