Seattle Auto theft

Seattle · Auto theft · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Seattle police open data recorded 5,799 auto theft incidents, 7.5% of all 77,299 incidents reported in the city that year and down 22.0% 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, 3,954 auto theft incidents have been published.

Auto theft in Seattle by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)3,954——
20255,799743down 22.0%
20247,434952down 19.6%
20239,2441,184up 32.6%
20226,972893up 30.4%
20215,346685up 8.2%
20204,942633up 21.2%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 93,980 auto theft incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most auto theft (2025)

  1. Capitol Hill 404 incidents
  2. Queen Anne 383 incidents
  3. University 303 incidents
  4. Northgate 268 incidents
  5. Ballard South 261 incidents
  6. Slu/Cascade 252 incidents
  7. Roosevelt/Ravenna 251 incidents
  8. First Hill 178 incidents

Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.

Questions

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

5,799, according to Seattle Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is auto theft going up or down in Seattle?

Reported auto theft was down 22.0% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 16.8% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).

Where does this data come from?

Source: Seattle 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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