Charlotte Theft

Charlotte · Theft · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Charlotte police open data recorded 15,199 theft incidents, 20.3% of all 74,832 incidents reported in the city that year and down 3.0% from 2024. That is about 1,611 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, 12,807 theft incidents have been published.

Theft in Charlotte by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)12,807——
202515,1991,611down 3.0%
202415,6661,660up 0.9%
202315,5301,646up 2.3%
202215,1811,609up 4.3%
202114,5501,542down 0.7%
202014,6471,552down 11.6%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 150,128 theft incidents.

Questions

How many theft incidents were reported in Charlotte in 2025?

15,199, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is theft going up or down in Charlotte?

Reported theft was down 3.0% in 2025 compared with 2024, and up 0.1% compared with 2022 (roughly flat 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.

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