Kansas City Auto theft

Kansas City · Auto theft · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Kansas City police open data recorded 5,859 auto theft incidents, 11.3% of all 51,844 incidents reported in the city that year and down 33.0% from 2024. That is about 1,135 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, 3,192 auto theft incidents have been published.

Auto theft in Kansas City by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)3,192——
20255,8591,135down 33.0%
20248,7431,694down 0.5%
20238,7851,702up 48.2%
20225,9291,149up 29.5%
20214,578887up 1.6%
20204,505873up 10.4%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 54,456 auto theft incidents.

Questions

How many auto theft incidents were reported in Kansas City in 2025?

5,859, according to Kansas City Missouri Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is auto theft going up or down in Kansas City?

Reported auto theft was down 33.0% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 1.2% compared with 2022 (roughly flat over three years).

Where does this data come from?

Source: Kansas City Missouri 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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