Cambridge Theft

Cambridge · Theft · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Cambridge police open data recorded 2,336 theft incidents, 38.3% of all 6,105 incidents reported in the city that year and up 5.1% from 2024. That is about 1,928 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, 1,630 theft incidents have been published.

Theft in Cambridge by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)1,630——
20252,3361,928up 5.1%
20242,2231,834up 30.1%
20231,7091,410up 7.8%
20221,5851,308up 20.0%
20211,3211,090up 4.2%
20201,2681,046up 0.5%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 31,388 theft incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most theft (2025)

  1. Cambridgeport 563 incidents
  2. North Cambridge 449 incidents
  3. The Port 225 incidents
  4. Riverside 212 incidents
  5. West Cambridge 180 incidents
  6. Mid-Cambridge 169 incidents
  7. East Cambridge 162 incidents
  8. Highlands 145 incidents

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

Questions

How many theft incidents were reported in Cambridge in 2025?

2,336, according to Cambridge Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is theft going up or down in Cambridge?

Reported theft was up 5.1% in 2025 compared with 2024, and up 47.4% compared with 2022 (rising 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.

Other crime types in Cambridge

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