Memphis Auto theft

Memphis · Auto theft · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Memphis police open data recorded 5,460 auto theft incidents, 6.6% of all 82,890 incidents reported in the city that year and down 43.6% from 2024. That is about 894 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, 2,521 auto theft incidents have been published.

Auto theft in Memphis by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)2,521——
20255,460894down 43.6%
20249,6841,585down 38.8%
202315,8192,589up 43.4%
202211,0301,805up 126.5%
20214,870797up 13.8%
20204,280701—

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 53,672 auto theft incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most auto theft (2025)

  1. Appling Farms Precinct 894 incidents
  2. Ridgeway Precinct 671 incidents
  3. Austin Peay Precinct 654 incidents
  4. Tillman Precinct 643 incidents
  5. Raines Precinct 618 incidents
  6. Mt Moriah Precinct 594 incidents
  7. Crump Precinct 587 incidents
  8. North Main Precinct 430 incidents

Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.

Questions

How many auto theft incidents were reported in Memphis in 2025?

5,460, according to Memphis Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is auto theft going up or down in Memphis?

Reported auto theft was down 43.6% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 50.5% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).

Where does this data come from?

Source: Memphis 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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