Cincinnati Auto theft

Cincinnati · Auto theft · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Cincinnati police open data recorded 2,192 auto theft incidents, 9.4% of all 23,325 incidents reported in the city that year and up 11.8% from 2024. That is about 696 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, 1,456 auto theft incidents have been published.

Auto theft in Cincinnati by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)1,456——
20252,192696up 11.8%
20241,960622—
202319060.3down 28.3%
202226584.1up 13.7%
202123374.0down 12.7%
202026784.8down 17.6%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 9,144 auto theft incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most auto theft (2025)

  1. Westwood 210 incidents
  2. East Price Hill 120 incidents
  3. Over-The-Rhine 113 incidents
  4. Avondale 104 incidents
  5. West Price Hill 102 incidents
  6. West End 88 incidents
  7. College Hill 86 incidents
  8. Walnut Hills 83 incidents

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

Questions

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

2,192, according to Cincinnati Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is auto theft going up or down in Cincinnati?

Reported auto theft was up 11.8% in 2025 compared with 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Source: Cincinnati 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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