Richmond Auto theft
Richmond · Auto theft · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Richmond police open data recorded 857 auto theft incidents, 13.4% of all 6,394 incidents reported in the city that year and down 24.6% from 2024. That is about 743 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, 878 auto theft incidents have been published.
Auto theft in Richmond by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 878 | — | — |
| 2025 | 857 | 743 | down 24.6% |
| 2024 | 1,137 | 986 | down 8.8% |
| 2023 | 1,247 | 1,081 | up 20.1% |
| 2022 | 1,038 | 900 | down 0.8% |
| 2021 | 1,046 | 907 | up 0.6% |
| 2020 | 1,040 | 902 | up 17.5% |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 10,531 auto theft incidents.
Questions
How many auto theft incidents were reported in Richmond in 2025?
857, according to Richmond Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is auto theft going up or down in Richmond?
Reported auto theft was down 24.6% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 17.4% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).
Where does this data come from?
Source: Richmond 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 Richmond
- Richmond other 2,104 in 2025
- Richmond theft 824 in 2025
- Richmond assault 722 in 2025
- Richmond vandalism 613 in 2025
- Richmond burglary 606 in 2025
- Richmond theft from vehicle 243 in 2025
- Richmond robbery 216 in 2025
- Richmond fraud 131 in 2025
- Richmond sexual assault 71 in 2025
- Richmond homicide 6 in 2025
- Richmond bike theft 1 in 2025