Durham Burglary
Durham · Burglary · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Durham police open data recorded 1,178 burglary incidents, 5.6% of all 20,911 incidents reported in the city that year and down 7.5% from 2024. That is about 390 per 100,000 residents, compared with 412 per 100,000 across the 59 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 827 burglary incidents have been published.
Burglary in Durham by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 827 | — | — |
| 2025 | 1,178 | 390 | down 7.5% |
| 2024 | 1,273 | 422 | down 6.3% |
| 2023 | 1,359 | 450 | up 8.0% |
| 2022 | 1,258 | 417 | — |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 5,895 burglary incidents.
Questions
How many burglary incidents were reported in Durham in 2025?
1,178, according to Durham Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is burglary going up or down in Durham?
Reported burglary was down 7.5% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 6.4% compared with 2022 (falling 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 auto theft 1,517 in 2025
- Durham vandalism 1,423 in 2025
- Durham robbery 431 in 2025
- Durham sexual assault 265 in 2025
- Durham homicide 1 in 2025