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Car break-ins in Cedar Riverside, Minneapolis

From Jan 1 through Oct 1, 2026, the Minneapolis Police Department recorded 255 car break-in, auto theft, vehicle parts theft and property damage reports in the Cedar Riverside neighborhood: up 29% from 197 in the same period of 2025, and up 40% from 182 in 2019. That ranks Cedar Riverside #19 of 87 Minneapolis neighborhoods by reports this year. The most common category was property damage / vandalism (90, 35% of the total). Reports with a recorded time most often happened overnight.

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From Jan 1 through Oct 1, 2026, MPD recorded 617 offenses of every kind in the Cedar Riverside neighborhood, up 23% from 2025. That is 68.7 offenses per 1,000 residents (8,987 residents in the 2020 Census), against 1.4 citywide. It ranks #20 of 87 by number of offenses and #42 of 83 by rate.

Type20262025Change Per 1,000 residents
Homicide 0 1 down 100% 0.0
Aggravated assault 37 24 up 54% 4.1
Simple assault 85 66 up 29% 9.5
Intimidation 85 41 up 107% 9.5
Robbery 12 11 up 9% 1.3
Sex offenses 9 19 down 53% 1.0
Burglary 18 14 up 29% 2.0
Theft from motor vehicle 70 55 up 27% 7.8
Motor vehicle theft 80 58 up 38% 8.9
Vehicle parts theft 15 10 up 50% 1.7
Shoplifting 1 0 0.1
Other theft 63 63 up 0% 7.0
Property damage / vandalism 90 74 up 22% 10.0
Arson 0 2 down 100% 0.0
Fraud 14 18 down 22% 1.6
Drug offenses 20 21 down 5% 2.2
Weapon law violations 6 11 down 46% 0.7
Other offenses 12 15 down 20% 1.3

Rates count residents only, so places with many workers or visitors (Downtown, Uptown, industrial areas) look high. Reported crimes only; shots-fired calls and subset rows are left out. Explore every offense type for Cedar Riverside or compare it with other places.

The same calendar window every year, so 2026 is compared like for like.

0 125 250 375 500 1822019 1942020 1732021 2832022 3102023 2252024 1972025 2552026
YearReportsChange from prior year
2019 182
2020 194 up 7%
2021 173 down 11%
2022 283 up 64%
2023 310 up 10%
2024 225 down 27%
2025 197 down 12%
2026 255 up 29%

Reports from Jan 1 to Oct 1. "Property damage / vandalism" is MPD's own category and isn't vehicle-specific.

Category201920252026Change from 2025
Theft from motor vehicle 77 55 70 up 27%
Motor vehicle theft 65 58 80 up 38%
Vehicle parts theft 1 10 15 up 50%
Property damage / vandalism 39 74 90 up 22%

When reports in Cedar Riverside happened, Jan 1 to Oct 1. Many reports have no recorded time.

  • Overnight 78
  • Morning 56
  • Afternoon 64
  • Evening 57
Monthly counts, 2019 to 2026
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2019 15 16 16 16 35 23 13 25 23 23 24 10
2020 17 20 21 23 10 21 17 25 40 36 14 33
2021 23 20 15 18 22 14 15 19 25 23 23 41
2022 9 18 23 30 36 37 46 45 39 37 38 27
2023 35 41 32 34 23 31 52 41 19 30 17 21
2024 28 36 12 20 19 26 32 20 30 33 33 23
2025 28 19 23 16 16 18 18 25 34 23 24 27
2026 28 31 28 20 32 33 21 40 22 0

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Cite this page
Glass on the Street. (2026). Car break-ins and crime in Cedar Riverside, Minneapolis. Retrieved October 2, 2026, from https://glassonthestreet.com/neighborhoods/cedar-riverside. Data: Minneapolis Police Department, via City of Minneapolis open data, through October 1, 2026.

Source: this site's import of Minneapolis Police Department open data, counted by report date through the last date MPD has published. Counts are raw totals, not adjusted for population. 2019 is the first year of MPD's current records feed and its early months run well below later years, so read comparisons against 2019 with care. This is not an official crime statistic.