Kansas City Theft from vehicle
Kansas City · Theft from vehicle · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Kansas City police open data recorded 4,850 theft from vehicle incidents, 9.4% of all 51,844 incidents reported in the city that year and down 13.9% from 2024. That is about 940 per 100,000 residents, compared with 634 per 100,000 across the 46 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 3,195 theft from vehicle incidents have been published.
Theft from vehicle in Kansas City by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 3,195 | — | — |
| 2025 | 4,850 | 940 | down 13.9% |
| 2024 | 5,630 | 1,091 | down 13.4% |
| 2023 | 6,501 | 1,260 | down 23.0% |
| 2022 | 8,441 | 1,636 | up 6.0% |
| 2021 | 7,960 | 1,543 | up 15.8% |
| 2020 | 6,875 | 1,332 | up 15.8% |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 61,373 theft from vehicle incidents.
Questions
How many theft from vehicle incidents were reported in Kansas City in 2025?
4,850, according to Kansas City Missouri Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is theft from vehicle going up or down in Kansas City?
Reported theft from vehicle was down 13.9% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 42.5% compared with 2022 (falling 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.
Other crime types in Kansas City
- Kansas City other 12,905 in 2025
- Kansas City assault 9,527 in 2025
- Kansas City theft 7,260 in 2025
- Kansas City auto theft 5,859 in 2025
- Kansas City vandalism 5,200 in 2025
- Kansas City burglary 2,684 in 2025
- Kansas City fraud 1,639 in 2025
- Kansas City robbery 1,045 in 2025
- Kansas City sexual assault 752 in 2025
- Kansas City homicide 123 in 2025