Charlotte Theft from vehicle

Charlotte · Theft from vehicle · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Charlotte police open data recorded 9,696 theft from vehicle incidents, 13.0% of all 74,832 incidents reported in the city that year and unchanged from 2024. That is about 1,028 per 100,000 residents, compared with 634 per 100,000 across the 46 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 6,433 theft from vehicle incidents have been published.

Theft from vehicle in Charlotte by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)6,433——
20259,6961,028unchanged
20249,6961,028down 9.4%
202310,7031,134up 8.3%
20229,8821,047up 0.7%
20219,8091,040up 3.8%
20209,4511,002down 13.7%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 97,569 theft from vehicle incidents.

Questions

How many theft from vehicle incidents were reported in Charlotte in 2025?

9,696, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is theft from vehicle going up or down in Charlotte?

Reported theft from vehicle was unchanged in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 1.9% 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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