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Auto theft in Edmonton

Edmonton recorded 3,110 auto theft incidents in 2026 year-to-date through July. This accounts for 7.4% of the 41,777 total open-data incidents logged across the city during this period. Auto theft ranks sixth among nine tracked incident categories in Edmonton. For context, 3,788 auto thefts were logged in 2025. Auto theft remains less frequent in the open-data feed than theft, other offences, fraud, mischief, and assault.

Data current through . Source: official police open-data portal covering Edmonton.

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Auto theft incidents
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Share of Edmonton incidents
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Auto theft in Edmonton

This page presents official open-data police records for the Auto theft category in Edmonton, Alberta. For the selected reporting period of 2026 (YTD, through Jul), municipal open data documents 3,110 Auto theft incidents. Across all nine tracked crime categories in the municipality during this same year-to-date timeframe, Edmonton registered a city total of 41,777 incidents.

Auto theft represents 7.4% of Edmonton's overall recorded crime dataset for the 2026 year-to-date period. The available open-data archive spans from April 15, 2025 through August 12, 2026. Prior to the current year-to-date period, Edmonton recorded 3,788 Auto theft incidents during the full 2025 calendar year. These published statistics reflect recorded incidents maintained by municipal law enforcement services in Alberta and made accessible for public record review.

How Auto theft compares

Within Edmonton's open-data breakdown of nine total categories, Auto theft ranks sixth overall with 3,110 incidents in 2026 year-to-date. It records a lower count than all listed sibling categories in the published dataset. Theft remains the highest-volume category in Edmonton at 16,029 incidents, followed by the Other category with 7,587 incidents. Fraud recorded 4,054 incidents, Mischief registered 3,886 incidents, and Assault accounted for 3,677 incidents during the same 2026 year-to-date period. Consequently, vehicle thefts represent a lower count than general theft, fraud, mischief, or assault in Edmonton.

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What these numbers mean

Auto theft represents 7.4% of Edmonton's 41,777 reported incidents in the 2026 year-to-date open-data archive, ranking sixth among the city's nine tracked categories. The 3,110 recorded vehicle thefts through July 2026 sit below the 3,788 incidents logged during the full 2025 calendar year. Vehicle theft totals remain lower than general property theft (16,029 incidents) and fraud (4,054 incidents), while remaining above smaller secondary categories in the municipal series. This data reflects recorded incident volume across Edmonton for the designated reporting period.

About this dataset

Frequently asked questions about Auto theft in Edmonton

How many Auto theft incidents were recorded in Edmonton in 2026?

Edmonton recorded 3,110 Auto theft incidents in the 2026 year-to-date open-data feed through July. This represents 7.4% of the municipality's 41,777 total recorded incidents across all nine categories. By comparison, Edmonton recorded 3,788 Auto theft incidents in the full 2025 calendar year.

How does Auto theft rank compared to other crime categories in Edmonton?

Auto theft ranks sixth among nine total recorded categories in Edmonton for 2026 year-to-date. With 3,110 incidents, Auto theft occurs less frequently than Theft (16,029 incidents), Other offences (7,587 incidents), Fraud (4,054 incidents), Mischief (3,886 incidents), and Assault (3,677 incidents).

What is the trend for Auto theft in Edmonton between 2025 and 2026?

The open-data series records 3,788 Auto theft incidents in Edmonton for the full 2025 calendar year, compared to 3,110 incidents reported in the partial 2026 year-to-date dataset through July. Because the 2026 data covers only part of the year, direct annual comparison requires considering the partial timeframe.

What share of total reported crime in Edmonton involves Auto theft?

Auto theft accounts for exactly 7.4% of all reported incidents in Edmonton for 2026 year-to-date. Out of 41,777 total incidents logged across all categories, 3,110 were categorized as Auto theft, placing it behind higher-volume categories like Theft, which recorded 16,029 incidents.

Other crime categories in Edmonton

Sources

Data is sourced from municipal open-data portals in AB and reflects official police incident records for Edmonton.

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