Cambridge Auto theft

Cambridge · Auto theft · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Cambridge police open data recorded 84 auto theft incidents, 1.4% of all 6,105 incidents reported in the city that year and down 12.5% from 2024. That is about 69.3 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, 91 auto theft incidents have been published.

Auto theft in Cambridge by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)91——
20258469.3down 12.5%
20249679.2down 29.4%
2023136112down 7.5%
2022147121up 22.5%
202112099.0up 42.9%
20208469.3down 20.0%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 2,165 auto theft incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most auto theft (2025)

  1. Cambridgeport 18 incidents
  2. The Port 16 incidents
  3. West Cambridge 12 incidents
  4. East Cambridge 8 incidents
  5. North Cambridge 7 incidents
  6. Peabody 7 incidents
  7. Riverside 7 incidents
  8. Mid-Cambridge 4 incidents

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

Questions

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

84, according to Cambridge Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is auto theft going up or down in Cambridge?

Reported auto theft was down 12.5% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 42.9% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).

Where does this data come from?

Source: Cambridge 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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