Tucson Auto theft

Tucson · Auto theft · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Tucson police open data recorded 1,942 auto theft incidents, 2.6% of all 75,329 incidents reported in the city that year and down 37.2% from 2024. That is about 351 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, 1,243 auto theft incidents have been published.

Auto theft in Tucson by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)1,243——
20251,942351down 37.2%
20243,092558up 0.5%
20233,077555up 23.3%
20222,496451up 13.5%
20212,199397up 17.8%
20201,867337down 17.2%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 20,704 auto theft incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most auto theft (2025)

  1. Midvale Park 65 incidents
  2. Sunnyside 62 incidents
  3. Amphi 48 incidents
  4. West University 37 incidents
  5. Myers 31 incidents
  6. Flowing Wells 31 incidents
  7. Cherry Avenue 28 incidents
  8. Campus Farm 28 incidents

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

Questions

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

1,942, according to Tucson Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is auto theft going up or down in Tucson?

Reported auto theft was down 37.2% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 22.2% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).

Where does this data come from?

Source: Tucson 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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