Memphis Robbery
Memphis · Robbery · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Memphis police open data recorded 1,457 robbery incidents, 1.8% of all 82,890 incidents reported in the city that year and down 31.4% from 2024. That is about 238 per 100,000 residents, compared with 136 per 100,000 across the 60 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 826 robbery incidents have been published.
Robbery in Memphis by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 826 | — | — |
| 2025 | 1,457 | 238 | down 31.4% |
| 2024 | 2,124 | 348 | down 23.1% |
| 2023 | 2,763 | 452 | up 20.3% |
| 2022 | 2,297 | 376 | up 14.0% |
| 2021 | 2,015 | 330 | down 3.3% |
| 2020 | 2,084 | 341 | — |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 13,570 robbery incidents.
Neighborhoods with the most robbery (2025)
- Mt Moriah Precinct 242 incidents
- Crump Precinct 192 incidents
- Tillman Precinct 176 incidents
- Airways Precinct 171 incidents
- Raines Precinct 156 incidents
- Austin Peay Precinct 152 incidents
- North Main Precinct 134 incidents
- Ridgeway Precinct 132 incidents
Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.
Questions
How many robbery incidents were reported in Memphis in 2025?
1,457, according to Memphis Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is robbery going up or down in Memphis?
Reported robbery was down 31.4% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 36.6% 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 burglary 4,234 in 2025
- Memphis fraud 3,212 in 2025
- Memphis homicide 178 in 2025