Charlottesville Auto theft
Charlottesville · Auto theft · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Charlottesville police open data recorded 101 auto theft incidents, 2.7% of all 3,678 incidents reported in the city that year and down 29.4% from 2024. That is about 226 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, 98 auto theft incidents have been published.
Auto theft in Charlottesville by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 98 | — | — |
| 2025 | 101 | 226 | down 29.4% |
| 2024 | 143 | 319 | down 27.4% |
| 2023 | 197 | 440 | up 23.9% |
| 2022 | 159 | 355 | — |
| 2021 (partial year) | 49 | — | — |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 747 auto theft incidents.
Questions
How many auto theft incidents were reported in Charlottesville in 2025?
101, according to Charlottesville Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is auto theft going up or down in Charlottesville?
Reported auto theft was down 29.4% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 36.5% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).
Where does this data come from?
Source: Charlottesville 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 Charlottesville
- Charlottesville other 1,258 in 2025
- Charlottesville theft 861 in 2025
- Charlottesville assault 505 in 2025
- Charlottesville vandalism 307 in 2025
- Charlottesville theft from vehicle 269 in 2025
- Charlottesville fraud 178 in 2025
- Charlottesville burglary 121 in 2025
- Charlottesville sexual assault 52 in 2025
- Charlottesville robbery 26 in 2025