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Car break-ins in East Phillips, Minneapolis

From Jan 1 through Oct 1, 2026, the Minneapolis Police Department recorded 193 car break-in, auto theft, vehicle parts theft and property damage reports in the East Phillips neighborhood: up 10% from 175 in the same period of 2025, and down 11% from 217 in 2019. That ranks East Phillips #27 of 87 Minneapolis neighborhoods by reports this year. The most common category was motor vehicle theft (73, 38% 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 693 offenses of every kind in the East Phillips neighborhood, up 5% from 2025. That is 141.3 offenses per 1,000 residents (4,904 residents in the 2020 Census), against 1.6 citywide. It ranks #16 of 87 by number of offenses and #5 of 83 by rate.

Type20262025Change Per 1,000 residents
Homicide 3 3 up 0% 0.6
Aggravated assault 57 73 down 22% 11.6
Simple assault 92 80 up 15% 18.8
Intimidation 55 41 up 34% 11.2
Robbery 20 31 down 36% 4.1
Sex offenses 9 12 down 25% 1.8
Burglary 32 21 up 52% 6.5
Theft from motor vehicle 34 22 up 54% 6.9
Motor vehicle theft 73 76 down 4% 14.9
Vehicle parts theft 20 8 up 150% 4.1
Shoplifting 10 10 up 0% 2.0
Other theft 76 70 up 9% 15.5
Property damage / vandalism 66 69 down 4% 13.5
Arson 3 4 down 25% 0.6
Fraud 24 31 down 23% 4.9
Drug offenses 67 51 up 31% 13.7
Weapon law violations 32 38 down 16% 6.5
Other offenses 20 23 down 13% 4.1

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 East Phillips or compare it with other places.

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

0 125 250 375 500 2172019 2662020 2252021 2082022 2092023 2182024 1752025 1932026
YearReportsChange from prior year
2019 217
2020 266 up 23%
2021 225 down 15%
2022 208 down 8%
2023 209 up 0%
2024 218 up 4%
2025 175 down 20%
2026 193 up 10%

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 61 22 34 up 55%
Motor vehicle theft 56 76 73 down 4%
Vehicle parts theft 5 8 20 up 150%
Property damage / vandalism 95 69 66 down 4%

When reports in East Phillips happened, Jan 1 to Oct 1. Many reports have no recorded time.

  • Overnight 50
  • Morning 49
  • Afternoon 45
  • Evening 49
Monthly counts, 2019 to 2026
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2019 18 9 17 21 20 26 33 37 35 38 26 20
2020 28 18 18 33 34 33 29 39 34 24 34 38
2021 30 25 25 23 23 26 29 29 14 18 25 29
2022 14 29 25 26 20 23 19 31 21 25 24 21
2023 23 36 22 23 28 19 16 24 17 16 25 14
2024 22 13 31 21 28 25 22 31 25 23 18 33
2025 24 13 16 13 19 25 18 23 22 27 22 24
2026 26 18 17 23 26 21 18 30 14 0

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Cite this page
Glass on the Street. (2026). Car break-ins and crime in East Phillips, Minneapolis. Retrieved October 2, 2026, from https://glassonthestreet.com/neighborhoods/east-phillips. 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.