Montgomery County Auto theft

Montgomery County · Auto theft · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Montgomery County police open data recorded 2,203 auto theft incidents, 5.1% of all 43,472 incidents reported in the city that year and down 18.9% from 2024. So far in 2026, 2,162 auto theft incidents have been published.

Auto theft in Montgomery County by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)2,162——
20252,203—down 18.9%
20242,718—down 14.3%
20233,172—up 120.7%
20221,437—up 4.4%
20211,376—up 25.1%
20201,100—up 31.1%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 17,196 auto theft incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most auto theft (2025)

  1. Silver Spring 708 incidents
  2. Wheaton 441 incidents
  3. Montgomery Village 293 incidents
  4. Bethesda 283 incidents
  5. Germantown 203 incidents
  6. Rockville 196 incidents
  7. Takoma Park 68 incidents

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

Questions

How many auto theft incidents were reported in Montgomery County in 2025?

2,203, according to Montgomery County Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is auto theft going up or down in Montgomery County?

Reported auto theft was down 18.9% in 2025 compared with 2024, and up 53.3% compared with 2022 (rising over three years).

Where does this data come from?

Source: Montgomery County 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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