Raleigh Auto theft
Raleigh · Auto theft · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Raleigh police open data recorded 1,424 auto theft incidents, 4.2% of all 33,521 incidents reported in the city that year and down 39.2% from 2024. That is about 285 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, 1,039 auto theft incidents have been published.
Auto theft in Raleigh by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 1,039 | — | — |
| 2025 | 1,424 | 285 | down 39.2% |
| 2024 | 2,343 | 469 | up 13.4% |
| 2023 | 2,066 | 413 | up 40.6% |
| 2022 | 1,469 | 294 | up 12.7% |
| 2021 | 1,303 | 261 | up 9.3% |
| 2020 | 1,192 | 238 | up 23.7% |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 16,402 auto theft incidents.
Questions
How many auto theft incidents were reported in Raleigh in 2025?
1,424, according to Raleigh Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is auto theft going up or down in Raleigh?
Reported auto theft was down 39.2% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 3.1% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).
Where does this data come from?
Source: Raleigh 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.
Other crime types in Raleigh
- Raleigh other 10,821 in 2025
- Raleigh theft 7,043 in 2025
- Raleigh assault 4,907 in 2025
- Raleigh vandalism 4,082 in 2025
- Raleigh fraud 2,087 in 2025
- Raleigh theft from vehicle 1,586 in 2025
- Raleigh burglary 709 in 2025
- Raleigh sexual assault 490 in 2025
- Raleigh robbery 353 in 2025
- Raleigh homicide 19 in 2025