Nashville Auto theft
Nashville · Auto theft · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Nashville police open data recorded 3,785 auto theft incidents, 6.4% of all 58,683 incidents reported in the city that year and down 20.0% from 2024. That is about 537 per 100,000 residents, compared with 486 per 100,000 across the 56 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 2,238 auto theft incidents have been published.
Auto theft in Nashville by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 2,238 | — | — |
| 2025 | 3,785 | 537 | down 20.0% |
| 2024 | 4,733 | 671 | down 8.3% |
| 2023 | 5,160 | 732 | up 70.0% |
| 2022 | 3,036 | 431 | up 4.2% |
| 2021 | 2,915 | 413 | down 3.0% |
| 2020 | 3,004 | 426 | up 8.6% |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 27,636 auto theft incidents.
Questions
How many auto theft incidents were reported in Nashville in 2025?
3,785, according to Metro Nashville Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is auto theft going up or down in Nashville?
Reported auto theft was down 20.0% in 2025 compared with 2024, and up 24.7% compared with 2022 (rising over three years).
Where does this data come from?
Source: Metro Nashville 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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