Memphis Theft

Memphis · Theft · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Memphis police open data recorded 16,726 theft incidents, 20.2% of all 82,890 incidents reported in the city that year and down 13.2% from 2024. That is about 2,738 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, 10,626 theft incidents have been published.

Theft in Memphis by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)10,626——
202516,7262,738down 13.2%
202419,2623,153down 8.6%
202321,0743,450up 7.0%
202219,6903,223up 14.4%
202117,2122,817down 9.5%
202019,0133,112—

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 123,610 theft incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most theft (2025)

  1. Tillman Precinct 2,859 incidents
  2. Appling Farms Precinct 2,547 incidents
  3. Crump Precinct 2,162 incidents
  4. Austin Peay Precinct 1,799 incidents
  5. Raines Precinct 1,765 incidents
  6. Ridgeway Precinct 1,575 incidents
  7. Airways Precinct 1,543 incidents
  8. Mt Moriah Precinct 1,322 incidents

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

Questions

How many theft incidents were reported in Memphis in 2025?

16,726, according to Memphis Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is theft going up or down in Memphis?

Reported theft was down 13.2% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 15.1% 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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