Lincoln Theft
Lincoln · Theft · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Lincoln police open data recorded 3,311 theft incidents, 15.7% of all 21,026 incidents reported in the city that year. That is about 1,101 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, 1,518 theft incidents have been published.
Theft in Lincoln by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 1,518 | — | — |
| 2025 | 3,311 | 1,101 | — |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 4,829 theft incidents.
Questions
How many theft incidents were reported in Lincoln in 2025?
3,311, according to Lincoln Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Where does this data come from?
Source: Lincoln 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 Lincoln
- Lincoln other 5,657 in 2025
- Lincoln assault 4,223 in 2025
- Lincoln fraud 2,475 in 2025
- Lincoln vandalism 2,431 in 2025
- Lincoln theft from vehicle 1,200 in 2025
- Lincoln auto theft 783 in 2025
- Lincoln burglary 583 in 2025
- Lincoln sexual assault 220 in 2025
- Lincoln robbery 134 in 2025
- Lincoln homicide 8 in 2025
- Lincoln bike theft 1 in 2025