Greensboro Auto theft
Greensboro · Auto theft · updated 2026-11-12
In 2024, the latest complete year, Greensboro police open data recorded 1,531 auto theft incidents, 6.6% of all 23,159 incidents reported in the city that year and up 16.5% from 2023. That is about 498 per 100,000 residents, compared with 719 per 100,000 across the 53 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2024 data that list this crime type.
Auto theft in Greensboro by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 (partial year) | 961 | — | — |
| 2024 | 1,531 | 498 | up 16.5% |
| 2023 | 1,314 | 427 | up 12.5% |
| 2022 | 1,168 | 380 | up 13.1% |
| 2021 | 1,033 | 336 | — |
| 2020 (partial year) | 287 | — | — |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 6,294 auto theft incidents.
Questions
How many auto theft incidents were reported in Greensboro in 2024?
1,531, according to Greensboro Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is auto theft going up or down in Greensboro?
Reported auto theft was up 16.5% in 2024 compared with 2023, and up 48.2% compared with 2021 (rising over three years).
Where does this data come from?
Source: Greensboro 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 Greensboro
- Greensboro other 5,487 in 2024
- Greensboro assault 5,354 in 2024
- Greensboro theft 4,898 in 2024
- Greensboro fraud 2,174 in 2024
- Greensboro theft from vehicle 1,950 in 2024
- Greensboro burglary 1,091 in 2024
- Greensboro robbery 488 in 2024
- Greensboro sexual assault 153 in 2024
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