Cary Theft
Cary · Theft · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Cary police open data recorded 1,205 theft incidents, 32.1% of all 3,754 incidents reported in the city that year and down 26.6% from 2024. That is about 660 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, 207 theft incidents have been published.
Theft in Cary by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 207 | — | — |
| 2025 | 1,205 | 660 | down 26.6% |
| 2024 | 1,642 | 899 | up 25.9% |
| 2023 | 1,304 | 714 | up 83.4% |
| 2022 | 711 | 389 | down 30.8% |
| 2021 | 1,027 | 562 | — |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 6,099 theft incidents.
Questions
How many theft incidents were reported in Cary in 2025?
1,205, according to Cary Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is theft going up or down in Cary?
Reported theft was down 26.6% in 2025 compared with 2024, and up 69.5% compared with 2022 (rising over three years).
Where does this data come from?
Source: Cary 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 Cary
- Cary other 817 in 2025
- Cary fraud 546 in 2025
- Cary theft from vehicle 472 in 2025
- Cary assault 348 in 2025
- Cary vandalism 232 in 2025
- Cary burglary 100 in 2025
- Cary auto theft 12 in 2025
- Cary robbery 11 in 2025
- Cary sexual assault 10 in 2025
- Cary homicide 1 in 2025