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Car break-ins in Hiawatha, Minneapolis

From Jan 1 through Oct 1, 2026, the Minneapolis Police Department recorded 250 car break-in, auto theft, vehicle parts theft and property damage reports in the Hiawatha neighborhood: down 11% from 281 in the same period of 2025, and up 110% from 119 in 2019. That ranks Hiawatha #21 of 87 Minneapolis neighborhoods by reports this year. The most common category was property damage / vandalism (109, 44% 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 471 offenses of every kind in the Hiawatha neighborhood, down 18% from 2025. That is 75.4 offenses per 1,000 residents (6,243 residents in the 2020 Census), against 1.1 citywide. It ranks #28 of 87 by number of offenses and #36 of 83 by rate.

Type20262025Change Per 1,000 residents
Homicide 1 0 0.2
Aggravated assault 16 13 up 23% 2.6
Simple assault 23 36 down 36% 3.7
Intimidation 21 32 down 34% 3.4
Robbery 3 3 up 0% 0.5
Sex offenses 1 7 down 86% 0.2
Burglary 37 53 down 30% 5.9
Theft from motor vehicle 63 71 down 11% 10.1
Motor vehicle theft 53 64 down 17% 8.5
Vehicle parts theft 25 17 up 47% 4.0
Shoplifting 4 9 down 56% 0.6
Other theft 74 96 down 23% 11.9
Property damage / vandalism 109 129 down 16% 17.5
Arson 1 3 down 67% 0.2
Fraud 20 24 down 17% 3.2
Drug offenses 8 7 up 14% 1.3
Weapon law violations 4 1 up 300% 0.6
Other offenses 8 7 up 14% 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 Hiawatha or compare it with other places.

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

0 125 250 375 500 1192019 1852020 1742021 2922022 2752023 2402024 2812025 2502026
YearReportsChange from prior year
2019 119
2020 185 up 55%
2021 174 down 6%
2022 292 up 68%
2023 275 down 6%
2024 240 down 13%
2025 281 up 17%
2026 250 down 11%

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 52 71 63 down 11%
Motor vehicle theft 26 64 53 down 17%
Vehicle parts theft 4 17 25 up 47%
Property damage / vandalism 37 129 109 down 16%

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

  • Overnight 104
  • Morning 48
  • Afternoon 45
  • Evening 53
Monthly counts, 2019 to 2026
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2019 7 10 9 10 14 13 21 17 18 8 16 14
2020 21 12 16 15 24 14 25 33 25 32 14 22
2021 27 16 8 16 20 25 20 18 23 28 25 27
2022 26 31 30 35 24 34 46 37 25 44 20 15
2023 13 34 37 29 39 35 32 29 27 34 27 27
2024 19 20 17 39 18 35 24 30 36 48 28 18
2025 34 28 18 37 26 32 31 34 41 27 43 22
2026 32 18 23 30 25 22 33 40 27 0

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