Chattanooga Theft

Chattanooga · Theft · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Chattanooga police open data recorded 3,747 theft incidents, 18.5% of all 20,245 incidents reported in the city that year and down 9.3% from 2024. That is about 1,957 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, 2,788 theft incidents have been published.

Theft in Chattanooga by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)2,788——
20253,7471,957down 9.3%
20244,1332,158down 10.6%
20234,6212,413down 3.3%
20224,7772,495up 3.5%
20214,6152,410down 8.5%
20205,0412,632up 1.2%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 54,366 theft incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most theft (2025)

  1. Martin Luther King 37 incidents
  2. Shepherd 37 incidents
  3. Avondale 35 incidents
  4. Alton Park/ Piney Woods 30 incidents
  5. Northside/Cherokee 30 incidents
  6. St. Elmo 27 incidents
  7. East Lake 24 incidents
  8. Boyce Station 21 incidents

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

Questions

How many theft incidents were reported in Chattanooga in 2025?

3,747, according to Chattanooga Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is theft going up or down in Chattanooga?

Reported theft was down 9.3% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 21.6% 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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