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Car break-ins in Field, Minneapolis
From Jan 1 through Oct 1, 2026, the Minneapolis Police Department recorded 63 car break-in, auto theft, vehicle parts theft and property damage reports in the Field neighborhood: down 11% from 71 in the same period of 2025, and up 80% from 35 in 2019. That ranks Field #69 of 87 Minneapolis neighborhoods by reports this year. The most common category was property damage / vandalism (30, 48% of the total). Reports with a recorded time most often happened in the evening.
All reported crime in Field
From Jan 1 through Oct 1, 2026, MPD recorded 106 offenses of every kind in the Field neighborhood, down 17% from 2025. That is 42.1 offenses per 1,000 residents (2,515 residents in the 2020 Census), against 0.2 citywide. It ranks #78 of 87 by number of offenses and #69 of 83 by rate.
| Type | 2026 | 2025 | Change | Per 1,000 residents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggravated assault | 0 | 3 | down 100% | 0.0 |
| Simple assault | 5 | 2 | up 150% | 2.0 |
| Intimidation | 4 | 8 | down 50% | 1.6 |
| Robbery | 2 | 4 | down 50% | 0.8 |
| Burglary | 17 | 19 | down 10% | 6.8 |
| Theft from motor vehicle | 9 | 20 | down 55% | 3.6 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 17 | 16 | up 6% | 6.8 |
| Vehicle parts theft | 7 | 3 | up 133% | 2.8 |
| Other theft | 8 | 16 | down 50% | 3.2 |
| Property damage / vandalism | 30 | 32 | down 6% | 11.9 |
| Fraud | 7 | 3 | up 133% | 2.8 |
| Weapon law violations | 0 | 1 | down 100% | 0.0 |
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 Field or compare it with other places.
Field 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 | 35 | |
| 2020 | 52 | up 49% |
| 2021 | 37 | down 29% |
| 2022 | 47 | up 27% |
| 2023 | 68 | up 45% |
| 2024 | 75 | up 10% |
| 2025 | 71 | down 5% |
| 2026 | 63 | down 11% |
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 | 15 | 20 | 9 | down 55% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 8 | 16 | 17 | up 6% |
| Vehicle parts theft | 3 | 3 | 7 | up 133% |
| Property damage / vandalism | 9 | 32 | 30 | down 6% |
Time of day, 2026
When reports in Field 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 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| 2020 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| 2021 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 |
| 2022 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 |
| 2023 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 |
| 2024 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| 2025 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 2 |
| 2026 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
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Cite this page
Glass on the Street. (2026). Car break-ins and crime in Field, Minneapolis. Retrieved October 2, 2026, from https://glassonthestreet.com/neighborhoods/field. 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.