Chattanooga Auto theft

Chattanooga · Auto theft · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Chattanooga police open data recorded 747 auto theft incidents, 3.7% of all 20,245 incidents reported in the city that year and down 34.4% from 2024. That is about 390 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, 409 auto theft incidents have been published.

Auto theft in Chattanooga by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)409——
2025747390down 34.4%
20241,139595down 3.6%
20231,182617down 0.8%
20221,191622down 13.9%
20211,383722down 19.2%
20201,712894up 55.1%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 13,187 auto theft incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most auto theft (2025)

  1. Shepherd 18 incidents
  2. Ridgedale 13 incidents
  3. Avondale 10 incidents
  4. Martin Luther King 9 incidents
  5. East Lake 9 incidents
  6. Glenwood 8 incidents
  7. SS Cowart 7 incidents
  8. Clifton Hills 6 incidents

Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.

Questions

How many auto theft incidents were reported in Chattanooga in 2025?

747, according to Chattanooga Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is auto theft going up or down in Chattanooga?

Reported auto theft was down 34.4% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 37.3% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).

Where does this data come from?

Source: Chattanooga 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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