Evansville Auto theft
Evansville · Auto theft · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Evansville police open data recorded 190 auto theft incidents, 1.6% of all 11,840 incidents reported in the city that year and down 30.4% from 2024. That is about 165 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, 170 auto theft incidents have been published.
Auto theft in Evansville by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 170 | — | — |
| 2025 | 190 | 165 | down 30.4% |
| 2024 | 273 | 237 | down 11.7% |
| 2023 | 309 | 268 | down 4.6% |
| 2022 | 324 | 281 | down 3.9% |
| 2021 | 337 | 292 | — |
| 2020 (partial year) | 298 | — | — |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 7,416 auto theft incidents.
Questions
How many auto theft incidents were reported in Evansville in 2025?
190, according to Evansville Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is auto theft going up or down in Evansville?
Reported auto theft was down 30.4% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 41.4% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).
Where does this data come from?
Source: Evansville 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 Evansville
- Evansville other 4,340 in 2025
- Evansville theft 2,362 in 2025
- Evansville assault 2,084 in 2025
- Evansville vandalism 1,863 in 2025
- Evansville fraud 584 in 2025
- Evansville burglary 284 in 2025
- Evansville theft from vehicle 73 in 2025
- Evansville robbery 59 in 2025
- Evansville homicide 1 in 2025