Gainesville Auto theft

Gainesville · Auto theft · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Gainesville police open data recorded 301 auto theft incidents, 3.9% of all 7,688 incidents reported in the city that year and down 36.8% from 2024. That is about 202 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 Gainesville by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)170——
2025301202down 36.8%
2024476320down 17.5%
2023577388down 22.0%
2022740498up 24.6%
2021594399up 3.5%
2020574386up 20.1%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 7,053 auto theft incidents.

Questions

How many auto theft incidents were reported in Gainesville in 2025?

301, according to Gainesville Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is auto theft going up or down in Gainesville?

Reported auto theft was down 36.8% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 59.3% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).

Where does this data come from?

Source: Gainesville 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.

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