Oakland Auto theft

Oakland · Auto theft · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Oakland police open data recorded 6,766 auto theft incidents, 13.8% of all 49,064 incidents reported in the city that year and down 34.2% from 2024. That is about 1,525 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, 5,689 auto theft incidents have been published.

Auto theft in Oakland by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)5,689——
20256,7661,525down 34.2%
202410,2832,318down 18.5%
202312,6122,843up 20.7%
202210,4502,356up 9.5%
20219,5462,152up 7.5%
20208,8792,002up 32.4%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 181,288 auto theft incidents.

Questions

How many auto theft incidents were reported in Oakland in 2025?

6,766, according to Oakland Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is auto theft going up or down in Oakland?

Reported auto theft was down 34.2% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 35.3% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).

Where does this data come from?

Source: Oakland 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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