St. Paul Auto theft

St. Paul · Auto theft · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, St. Paul police open data recorded 5,864 auto theft incidents, 31.2% of all 18,777 incidents reported in the city that year and down 0.5% from 2024. That is about 1,907 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, 4,526 auto theft incidents have been published.

Auto theft in St. Paul by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)4,526——
20255,8641,907down 0.5%
20245,8911,916up 11.9%
20235,2631,712down 18.8%
20226,4822,108up 11.8%
20215,7971,885down 1.4%
20205,8771,911up 4.7%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 69,737 auto theft incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most auto theft (2025)

  1. Union Park 888 incidents
  2. Capitol River 552 incidents
  3. Payne/Phalen 503 incidents
  4. Highland 476 incidents
  5. Greater East Side 455 incidents
  6. Conway/Battlecreek/Highwood 412 incidents
  7. Macalester-Groveland 342 incidents
  8. Dayton's Bluff 326 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. Paul in 2025?

5,864, according to St. Paul Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is auto theft going up or down in St. Paul?

Reported auto theft was down 0.5% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 9.5% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).

Where does this data come from?

Source: St. Paul 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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