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Car break-ins in Diamond Lake, Minneapolis
From Jan 1 through Oct 1, 2026, the Minneapolis Police Department recorded 101 car break-in, auto theft, vehicle parts theft and property damage reports in the Diamond Lake neighborhood: up 1% from 100 in the same period of 2025, and up 71% from 59 in 2019. That ranks Diamond Lake #55 of 87 Minneapolis neighborhoods by reports this year. The most common category was property damage / vandalism (56, 55% of the total). Reports with a recorded time most often happened overnight.
All reported crime in Diamond Lake
From Jan 1 through Oct 1, 2026, MPD recorded 197 offenses of every kind in the Diamond Lake neighborhood, up 9% from 2025. That is 33.3 offenses per 1,000 residents (5,914 residents in the 2020 Census), against 0.5 citywide. It ranks #56 of 87 by number of offenses and #75 of 83 by rate.
| Type | 2026 | 2025 | Change | Per 1,000 residents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggravated assault | 8 | 4 | up 100% | 1.4 |
| Simple assault | 14 | 9 | up 56% | 2.4 |
| Intimidation | 6 | 12 | down 50% | 1.0 |
| Robbery | 3 | 1 | up 200% | 0.5 |
| Sex offenses | 2 | 2 | up 0% | 0.3 |
| Burglary | 26 | 19 | up 37% | 4.4 |
| Theft from motor vehicle | 21 | 25 | down 16% | 3.6 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 20 | 21 | down 5% | 3.4 |
| Vehicle parts theft | 4 | 10 | down 60% | 0.7 |
| Shoplifting | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | |
| Other theft | 18 | 23 | down 22% | 3.0 |
| Property damage / vandalism | 56 | 44 | up 27% | 9.5 |
| Fraud | 12 | 6 | up 100% | 2.0 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 2 | down 100% | 0.0 |
| Weapon law violations | 2 | 1 | up 100% | 0.3 |
| Other offenses | 4 | 2 | up 100% | 0.7 |
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 Diamond Lake or compare it with other places.
Diamond Lake reports by year, Jan 1 to Oct 1
The same calendar window every year, so 2026 is compared like for like.
| Year | Reports | Change from prior year |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 59 | |
| 2020 | 69 | up 17% |
| 2021 | 71 | up 3% |
| 2022 | 83 | up 17% |
| 2023 | 78 | down 6% |
| 2024 | 81 | up 4% |
| 2025 | 100 | up 23% |
| 2026 | 101 | up 1% |
By MPD category
Reports from Jan 1 to Oct 1. "Property damage / vandalism" is MPD's own category and isn't vehicle-specific.
| Category | 2019 | 2025 | 2026 | Change from 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from motor vehicle | 22 | 25 | 21 | down 16% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 17 | 21 | 20 | down 5% |
| Vehicle parts theft | 2 | 10 | 4 | down 60% |
| Property damage / vandalism | 18 | 44 | 56 | up 27% |
Time of day, 2026
When reports in Diamond Lake happened, Jan 1 to Oct 1. Many reports have no recorded time.
Reports by month
Monthly counts, 2019 to 2026
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 3 |
| 2020 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 2 |
| 2021 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 14 |
| 2022 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 8 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 13 |
| 2024 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 24 |
| 2025 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 6 |
| 2026 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 11 | 0 |
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Cite this page
Glass on the Street. (2026). Car break-ins and crime in Diamond Lake, Minneapolis. Retrieved October 2, 2026, from https://glassonthestreet.com/neighborhoods/diamond-lake. 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.