Durham Auto theft
Durham · Auto theft · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Durham police open data recorded 1,517 auto theft incidents, 7.3% of all 20,911 incidents reported in the city that year and down 11.4% from 2024. That is about 503 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, 974 auto theft incidents have been published.
Auto theft in Durham by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 974 | — | — |
| 2025 | 1,517 | 503 | down 11.4% |
| 2024 | 1,712 | 567 | down 9.2% |
| 2023 | 1,886 | 625 | up 134.6% |
| 2022 | 804 | 266 | — |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 6,893 auto theft incidents.
Questions
How many auto theft incidents were reported in Durham in 2025?
1,517, according to Durham Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is auto theft going up or down in Durham?
Reported auto theft was down 11.4% in 2025 compared with 2024, and up 88.7% compared with 2022 (rising over three years).
Where does this data come from?
Source: Durham 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 Durham
- Durham theft 5,322 in 2025
- Durham theft from vehicle 3,171 in 2025
- Durham other 3,084 in 2025
- Durham assault 2,838 in 2025
- Durham fraud 1,681 in 2025
- Durham vandalism 1,423 in 2025
- Durham burglary 1,178 in 2025
- Durham robbery 431 in 2025
- Durham sexual assault 265 in 2025
- Durham homicide 1 in 2025