Detroit Theft from vehicle
Detroit · Theft from vehicle · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Detroit police open data recorded 5,160 theft from vehicle incidents, 6.6% of all 78,473 incidents reported in the city that year and down 7.3% from 2024. That is about 799 per 100,000 residents, compared with 634 per 100,000 across the 46 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 4,660 theft from vehicle incidents have been published.
Theft from vehicle in Detroit by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 4,660 | — | — |
| 2025 | 5,160 | 799 | down 7.3% |
| 2024 | 5,566 | 862 | down 8.3% |
| 2023 | 6,069 | 940 | up 2.3% |
| 2022 | 5,931 | 919 | up 17.5% |
| 2021 | 5,046 | 781 | up 11.1% |
| 2020 | 4,541 | 703 | down 18.1% |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 54,890 theft from vehicle incidents.
Neighborhoods with the most theft from vehicle (2025)
- Downtown 269 incidents
- Midtown 240 incidents
- Corktown 98 incidents
- Bethune Community 98 incidents
- Bagley 90 incidents
- Cornerstone Village 82 incidents
- Fitzgerald/Marygrove 81 incidents
- Central Southwest 81 incidents
Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.
Questions
How many theft from vehicle incidents were reported in Detroit in 2025?
5,160, according to Detroit Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is theft from vehicle going up or down in Detroit?
Reported theft from vehicle was down 7.3% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 13.0% 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.
Other crime types in Detroit
- Detroit assault 23,149 in 2025
- Detroit other 12,339 in 2025
- Detroit theft 11,567 in 2025
- Detroit vandalism 9,502 in 2025
- Detroit auto theft 6,652 in 2025
- Detroit burglary 4,423 in 2025
- Detroit fraud 3,729 in 2025
- Detroit robbery 1,147 in 2025
- Detroit shooting 457 in 2025
- Detroit sexual assault 180 in 2025
- Detroit homicide 168 in 2025