Detroit Auto theft

Detroit · Auto theft · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Detroit police open data recorded 6,652 auto theft incidents, 8.5% of all 78,473 incidents reported in the city that year and down 20.7% from 2024. That is about 1,030 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, 5,180 auto theft incidents have been published.

Auto theft in Detroit by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)5,180——
20256,6521,030down 20.7%
20248,3871,299down 6.2%
20238,9421,385down 3.2%
20229,2391,431up 40.2%
20216,5911,021up 20.3%
20205,481849down 16.5%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 71,493 auto theft incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most auto theft (2025)

  1. Downtown 180 incidents
  2. Warrendale 177 incidents
  3. Bagley 149 incidents
  4. Regent Park 133 incidents
  5. Cornerstone Village 130 incidents
  6. Brightmoor 114 incidents
  7. Morningside 113 incidents
  8. Midtown 111 incidents

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

Questions

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

6,652, according to Detroit Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is auto theft going up or down in Detroit?

Reported auto theft was down 20.7% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 28.0% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).

Where does this data come from?

Source: Detroit 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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