New Castle County Auto theft
New Castle County · Auto theft · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, New Castle County police open data recorded 681 auto theft incidents, 8.2% of all 8,296 incidents reported in the city that year and down 7.1% from 2024. So far in 2026, 372 auto theft incidents have been published.
Auto theft in New Castle County by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 372 | — | — |
| 2025 | 681 | — | down 7.1% |
| 2024 | 733 | — | down 11.8% |
| 2023 | 831 | — | up 79.5% |
| 2022 | 463 | — | down 1.5% |
| 2021 | 470 | — | down 24.4% |
| 2020 | 622 | — | up 8.7% |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 6,758 auto theft incidents.
Questions
How many auto theft incidents were reported in New Castle County in 2025?
681, according to New Castle County Division of Police open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is auto theft going up or down in New Castle County?
Reported auto theft was down 7.1% in 2025 compared with 2024, and up 47.1% compared with 2022 (rising over three years).
Where does this data come from?
Source: New Castle County Division of Police 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 New Castle County
- New Castle County assault 2,223 in 2025
- New Castle County theft 1,817 in 2025
- New Castle County other 1,267 in 2025
- New Castle County fraud 1,128 in 2025
- New Castle County vandalism 797 in 2025
- New Castle County burglary 342 in 2025
- New Castle County robbery 35 in 2025
- New Castle County homicide 6 in 2025