Memphis Burglary
Memphis · Burglary · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Memphis police open data recorded 4,234 burglary incidents, 5.1% of all 82,890 incidents reported in the city that year and down 21.5% from 2024. That is about 693 per 100,000 residents, compared with 412 per 100,000 across the 59 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 2,698 burglary incidents have been published.
Burglary in Memphis by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 2,698 | — | — |
| 2025 | 4,234 | 693 | down 21.5% |
| 2024 | 5,395 | 883 | down 20.0% |
| 2023 | 6,745 | 1,104 | up 15.8% |
| 2022 | 5,823 | 953 | up 16.8% |
| 2021 | 4,986 | 816 | down 7.1% |
| 2020 | 5,369 | 879 | — |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 35,255 burglary incidents.
Neighborhoods with the most burglary (2025)
- Austin Peay Precinct 631 incidents
- Raines Precinct 568 incidents
- Tillman Precinct 556 incidents
- Crump Precinct 540 incidents
- Mt Moriah Precinct 460 incidents
- Airways Precinct 450 incidents
- Appling Farms Precinct 425 incidents
- Ridgeway Precinct 343 incidents
Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.
Questions
How many burglary incidents were reported in Memphis in 2025?
4,234, according to Memphis Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is burglary going up or down in Memphis?
Reported burglary was down 21.5% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 27.3% 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.
Other crime types in Memphis
- Memphis other 19,922 in 2025
- Memphis assault 17,385 in 2025
- Memphis theft 16,726 in 2025
- Memphis vandalism 9,771 in 2025
- Memphis auto theft 5,460 in 2025
- Memphis theft from vehicle 4,545 in 2025
- Memphis fraud 3,212 in 2025
- Memphis robbery 1,457 in 2025
- Memphis homicide 178 in 2025