King County Auto theft

King County · Auto theft · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, King County police open data recorded 1,488 auto theft incidents, 7.3% of all 20,368 incidents reported in the city that year and down 46.3% from 2024. So far in 2026, 936 auto theft incidents have been published.

Auto theft in King County by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)936——
20251,488—down 46.3%
20242,772—down 26.5%
20233,772—up 27.5%
20222,958—up 26.1%
20212,345—up 19.9%
20201,955——

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 16,253 auto theft incidents.

Questions

How many auto theft incidents were reported in King County in 2025?

1,488, according to King County Sheriff's Office open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is auto theft going up or down in King County?

Reported auto theft was down 46.3% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 49.7% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).

Where does this data come from?

Source: King County Sheriff's Office 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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