St. Louis County Theft

St. Louis County · Theft · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, St. Louis County police open data recorded 3,265 theft incidents, 19.3% of all 16,954 incidents reported in the city that year and down 14.5% from 2024. So far in 2026, 2,724 theft incidents have been published.

Theft in St. Louis County by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)2,724——
20253,265—down 14.5%
20243,820——
2023 (partial year)3,501——
20223,610—up 7.1%
20213,370——

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 20,290 theft incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most theft (2025)

  1. Jennings 221 incidents
  2. Fenton 154 incidents
  3. Chesterfield 142 incidents
  4. Wildwood 71 incidents
  5. Bridgeton 69 incidents
  6. Maryland Heights 65 incidents
  7. Richmond Heights 64 incidents
  8. Crestwood 60 incidents

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

Questions

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

3,265, according to St. Louis County Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

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

Reported theft was down 14.5% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 9.6% 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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