St. Louis County Auto theft

St. Louis County · Auto theft · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, St. Louis County police open data recorded 1,327 auto theft incidents, 7.8% of all 16,954 incidents reported in the city that year and down 8.9% from 2024. So far in 2026, 694 auto theft incidents have been published.

Auto theft in St. Louis County by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)694——
20251,327—down 8.9%
20241,456——
2023 (partial year)1,963——
20223,019—up 73.5%
20211,740——

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 10,199 auto theft incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most auto theft (2025)

  1. Jennings 105 incidents
  2. Hazelwood 37 incidents
  3. Maryland Heights 33 incidents
  4. Ferguson 30 incidents
  5. Black Jack 17 incidents
  6. Bridgeton 14 incidents
  7. Norwood Court 12 incidents
  8. Fenton 11 incidents

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

Questions

How many auto theft incidents were reported in St. Louis County in 2025?

1,327, according to St. Louis County Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is auto theft going up or down in St. Louis County?

Reported auto theft was down 8.9% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 56.0% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).

Where does this data come from?

Source: St. Louis County 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 St. Louis County

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