Fort Worth Auto theft
Fort Worth · Auto theft · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Fort Worth police open data recorded 1,536 auto theft incidents, 2.8% of all 54,541 incidents reported in the city that year and down 24.2% from 2024. That is about 152 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, 878 auto theft incidents have been published.
Auto theft in Fort Worth by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 878 | — | — |
| 2025 | 1,536 | 152 | down 24.2% |
| 2024 | 2,026 | 201 | down 28.1% |
| 2023 | 2,819 | 280 | up 19.0% |
| 2022 | 2,369 | 235 | up 1.0% |
| 2021 | 2,346 | 233 | down 20.3% |
| 2020 | 2,944 | 292 | down 4.5% |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 25,627 auto theft incidents.
Questions
How many auto theft incidents were reported in Fort Worth in 2025?
1,536, according to Fort Worth Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is auto theft going up or down in Fort Worth?
Reported auto theft was down 24.2% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 35.2% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).
Where does this data come from?
Source: Fort Worth 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 Fort Worth
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