Memphis Theft from vehicle
Memphis · Theft from vehicle · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Memphis police open data recorded 4,545 theft from vehicle incidents, 5.5% of all 82,890 incidents reported in the city that year and down 47.7% from 2024. That is about 744 per 100,000 residents, compared with 634 per 100,000 across the 46 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 2,482 theft from vehicle incidents have been published.
Theft from vehicle in Memphis by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 2,482 | — | — |
| 2025 | 4,545 | 744 | down 47.7% |
| 2024 | 8,683 | 1,421 | down 17.7% |
| 2023 | 10,554 | 1,728 | up 9.9% |
| 2022 | 9,602 | 1,572 | up 32.4% |
| 2021 | 7,254 | 1,187 | up 4.6% |
| 2020 | 6,932 | 1,135 | — |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 50,061 theft from vehicle incidents.
Neighborhoods with the most theft from vehicle (2025)
- Appling Farms Precinct 770 incidents
- Ridgeway Precinct 755 incidents
- Tillman Precinct 527 incidents
- North Main Precinct 505 incidents
- Crump Precinct 481 incidents
- Mt Moriah Precinct 480 incidents
- Raines Precinct 430 incidents
- Austin Peay Precinct 356 incidents
Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.
Questions
How many theft from vehicle incidents were reported in Memphis in 2025?
4,545, according to Memphis Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is theft from vehicle going up or down in Memphis?
Reported theft from vehicle was down 47.7% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 52.7% 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 burglary 4,234 in 2025
- Memphis fraud 3,212 in 2025
- Memphis robbery 1,457 in 2025
- Memphis homicide 178 in 2025