Richmond Theft

Richmond · Theft · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Richmond police open data recorded 824 theft incidents, 12.9% of all 6,394 incidents reported in the city that year and down 28.5% from 2024. That is about 714 per 100,000 residents, compared with 1,637 per 100,000 across the 60 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 709 theft incidents have been published.

Theft in Richmond by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)709——
2025824714down 28.5%
20241,1531,000up 11.4%
20231,035897up 37.8%
2022751651down 2.2%
2021768666down 46.9%
20201,4451,253down 14.5%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 10,982 theft incidents.

Questions

How many theft incidents were reported in Richmond in 2025?

824, according to Richmond Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is theft going up or down in Richmond?

Reported theft was down 28.5% in 2025 compared with 2024, and up 9.7% compared with 2022 (rising 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.

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