Gainesville Theft

Gainesville · Theft · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Gainesville police open data recorded 1,572 theft incidents, 20.4% of all 7,688 incidents reported in the city that year and down 7.7% from 2024. That is about 1,057 per 100,000 residents, compared with 1,637 per 100,000 across the 60 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 1,268 theft incidents have been published.

Theft in Gainesville by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)1,268——
20251,5721,057down 7.7%
20241,7041,146down 8.5%
20231,8621,252down 7.1%
20222,0041,347up 4.0%
20211,9261,295down 13.5%
20202,2261,497down 17.2%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 38,406 theft incidents.

Questions

How many theft incidents were reported in Gainesville in 2025?

1,572, according to Gainesville Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is theft going up or down in Gainesville?

Reported theft was down 7.7% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 21.6% 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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