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Car break-ins in Hawthorne, Minneapolis

From Jan 1 through Oct 1, 2026, the Minneapolis Police Department recorded 268 car break-in, auto theft, vehicle parts theft and property damage reports in the Hawthorne neighborhood: up 10% from 244 in the same period of 2025, and down 4% from 280 in 2019. That ranks Hawthorne #16 of 87 Minneapolis neighborhoods by reports this year. The most common category was property damage / vandalism (115, 43% of the total). Reports with a recorded time most often happened in the evening.

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From Jan 1 through Oct 1, 2026, MPD recorded 800 offenses of every kind in the Hawthorne neighborhood, down 4% from 2025. That is 142.3 offenses per 1,000 residents (5,621 residents in the 2020 Census), against 1.9 citywide. It ranks #12 of 87 by number of offenses and #4 of 83 by rate.

Type20262025Change Per 1,000 residents
Homicide 2 3 down 33% 0.4
Aggravated assault 103 117 down 12% 18.3
Simple assault 127 169 down 25% 22.6
Intimidation 49 46 up 6% 8.7
Robbery 22 36 down 39% 3.9
Sex offenses 11 16 down 31% 2.0
Burglary 34 37 down 8% 6.0
Theft from motor vehicle 48 38 up 26% 8.5
Motor vehicle theft 93 88 up 6% 16.5
Vehicle parts theft 12 7 up 71% 2.1
Shoplifting 1 0 0.2
Other theft 77 63 up 22% 13.7
Property damage / vandalism 115 111 up 4% 20.5
Arson 1 1 up 0% 0.2
Fraud 17 19 down 10% 3.0
Drug offenses 18 14 up 29% 3.2
Weapon law violations 56 44 up 27% 10.0
Other offenses 14 23 down 39% 2.5

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 Hawthorne or compare it with other places.

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

0 125 250 375 500 2802019 2892020 2452021 2742022 2522023 2892024 2442025 2682026
YearReportsChange from prior year
2019 280
2020 289 up 3%
2021 245 down 15%
2022 274 up 12%
2023 252 down 8%
2024 289 up 15%
2025 244 down 16%
2026 268 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 54 38 48 up 26%
Motor vehicle theft 61 88 93 up 6%
Vehicle parts theft 2 7 12 up 71%
Property damage / vandalism 163 111 115 up 4%

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

  • Overnight 73
  • Morning 59
  • Afternoon 60
  • Evening 76
Monthly counts, 2019 to 2026
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2019 31 18 40 18 29 36 39 38 31 34 25 37
2020 30 19 25 24 32 41 42 45 31 38 20 30
2021 21 26 22 24 25 33 31 34 28 23 32 34
2022 29 20 32 19 30 22 31 47 43 38 45 28
2023 25 24 25 24 34 27 37 35 19 28 24 29
2024 25 18 24 24 40 45 40 41 30 39 34 25
2025 29 19 33 21 37 20 30 33 22 21 27 19
2026 24 19 25 12 31 31 50 42 34 0

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