Montgomery County Theft

Montgomery County · Theft · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Montgomery County police open data recorded 8,818 theft incidents, 20.3% of all 43,472 incidents reported in the city that year and down 11.4% from 2024. So far in 2026, 6,024 theft incidents have been published.

Theft in Montgomery County by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)6,024——
20258,818—down 11.4%
20249,954—up 6.6%
20239,340—up 12.4%
20228,310—up 1.9%
20218,152—up 14.6%
20207,112—down 14.0%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 85,468 theft incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most theft (2025)

  1. Silver Spring 1,717 incidents
  2. Bethesda 1,676 incidents
  3. Wheaton 1,517 incidents
  4. Germantown 1,408 incidents
  5. Rockville 1,146 incidents
  6. Montgomery Village 1,078 incidents
  7. Takoma Park 223 incidents

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

Questions

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

8,818, according to Montgomery County Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is theft going up or down in Montgomery County?

Reported theft was down 11.4% in 2025 compared with 2024, and up 6.1% 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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