Charlotte Auto theft
Charlotte · Auto theft · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Charlotte police open data recorded 6,012 auto theft incidents, 8.0% of all 74,832 incidents reported in the city that year and down 18.0% from 2024. That is about 637 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, 3,762 auto theft incidents have been published.
Auto theft in Charlotte by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 3,762 | — | — |
| 2025 | 6,012 | 637 | down 18.0% |
| 2024 | 7,334 | 777 | down 5.2% |
| 2023 | 7,733 | 820 | up 109.3% |
| 2022 | 3,694 | 392 | up 19.1% |
| 2021 | 3,101 | 329 | up 6.2% |
| 2020 | 2,920 | 309 | down 3.2% |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 43,309 auto theft incidents.
Questions
How many auto theft incidents were reported in Charlotte in 2025?
6,012, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is auto theft going up or down in Charlotte?
Reported auto theft was down 18.0% in 2025 compared with 2024, and up 62.8% compared with 2022 (rising over three years).
Where does this data come from?
Source: Charlotte-Mecklenburg 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 Charlotte
- Charlotte other 20,883 in 2025
- Charlotte theft 15,199 in 2025
- Charlotte assault 10,613 in 2025
- Charlotte theft from vehicle 9,696 in 2025
- Charlotte vandalism 4,430 in 2025
- Charlotte burglary 3,394 in 2025
- Charlotte fraud 2,958 in 2025
- Charlotte robbery 1,027 in 2025
- Charlotte sexual assault 532 in 2025
- Charlotte homicide 88 in 2025