Chicago Auto theft

Chicago · Auto theft · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Chicago police open data recorded 17,389 auto theft incidents, 7.3% of all 239,507 incidents reported in the city that year and down 19.7% from 2024. That is about 639 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, 15,840 auto theft incidents have been published.

Auto theft in Chicago by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)15,840——
202517,389639down 19.7%
202421,661796down 25.8%
202329,1801,072up 36.2%
202221,425787up 102.3%
202110,589389up 6.6%
20209,931365up 11.0%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 260,112 auto theft incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most auto theft (2025)

  1. Near West Side 874 incidents
  2. Austin 829 incidents
  3. West Town 685 incidents
  4. South Shore 642 incidents
  5. Auburn Gresham 574 incidents
  6. Roseland 462 incidents
  7. Grand Boulevard 441 incidents
  8. Greater Grand Crossing 425 incidents

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

Questions

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

17,389, according to Chicago Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is auto theft going up or down in Chicago?

Reported auto theft was down 19.7% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 18.8% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).

Where does this data come from?

Source: Chicago 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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