Tacoma Theft
Tacoma · Theft · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Tacoma police open data recorded 6,402 theft incidents, 35.2% of all 18,167 incidents reported in the city that year and down 24.9% from 2024. That is about 2,805 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, 4,772 theft incidents have been published.
Theft in Tacoma by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 4,772 | — | — |
| 2025 | 6,402 | 2,805 | down 24.9% |
| 2024 | 8,525 | 3,736 | down 6.7% |
| 2023 | 9,135 | 4,003 | down 21.2% |
| 2022 | 11,588 | 5,078 | up 17.8% |
| 2021 | 9,837 | 4,311 | up 13.5% |
| 2020 | 8,670 | 3,799 | up 0.7% |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 75,548 theft incidents.
Neighborhoods with the most theft (2025)
- New Tacoma Neighborhood Council 1,464 incidents
- South Tacoma Neighborhood Council 1,464 incidents
- South End Neighborhood Council 1,025 incidents
- Central Neighborhood Council 632 incidents
- West End Neighborhood Council 596 incidents
- Eastside Neighborhood Council 542 incidents
- North End Neighborhood Council 481 incidents
- Northeast Tacoma Neighborhood Council 172 incidents
Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.
Questions
How many theft incidents were reported in Tacoma in 2025?
6,402, according to Tacoma Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is theft going up or down in Tacoma?
Reported theft was down 24.9% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 44.8% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).
Where does this data come from?
Source: Tacoma 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 Tacoma
- Tacoma vandalism 3,631 in 2025
- Tacoma other 2,108 in 2025
- Tacoma assault 1,956 in 2025
- Tacoma auto theft 1,791 in 2025
- Tacoma burglary 1,171 in 2025
- Tacoma fraud 745 in 2025
- Tacoma robbery 345 in 2025
- Tacoma homicide 18 in 2025