Fayetteville Auto theft
Fayetteville · Auto theft · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Fayetteville police open data recorded 699 auto theft incidents, 4.8% of all 14,436 incidents reported in the city that year and down 13.7% from 2024. That is about 334 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, 469 auto theft incidents have been published.
Auto theft in Fayetteville by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 469 | — | — |
| 2025 | 699 | 334 | down 13.7% |
| 2024 | 810 | 387 | up 6.4% |
| 2023 | 761 | 363 | up 27.5% |
| 2022 | 597 | 285 | up 12.6% |
| 2021 | 530 | 253 | down 5.7% |
| 2020 | 562 | 268 | up 22.4% |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 10,704 auto theft incidents.
Questions
How many auto theft incidents were reported in Fayetteville in 2025?
699, according to Fayetteville Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is auto theft going up or down in Fayetteville?
Reported auto theft was down 13.7% in 2025 compared with 2024, and up 17.1% compared with 2022 (rising over three years).
Where does this data come from?
Source: Fayetteville 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 Fayetteville
- Fayetteville theft 3,912 in 2025
- Fayetteville other 2,874 in 2025
- Fayetteville assault 2,413 in 2025
- Fayetteville vandalism 1,289 in 2025
- Fayetteville fraud 1,184 in 2025
- Fayetteville theft from vehicle 998 in 2025
- Fayetteville burglary 762 in 2025
- Fayetteville robbery 222 in 2025
- Fayetteville bike theft 41 in 2025
- Fayetteville homicide 31 in 2025
- Fayetteville sexual assault 11 in 2025