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Car break-ins in King Field, Minneapolis

From Jan 1 through Oct 1, 2026, the Minneapolis Police Department recorded 282 car break-in, auto theft, vehicle parts theft and property damage reports in the King Field neighborhood: up 39% from 203 in the same period of 2025, and up 145% from 115 in 2019. That ranks King Field #15 of 87 Minneapolis neighborhoods by reports this year. The most common category was property damage / vandalism (138, 49% 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 475 offenses of every kind in the King Field neighborhood, up 19% from 2025. That is 61.3 offenses per 1,000 residents (7,754 residents in the 2020 Census), against 1.1 citywide. It ranks #27 of 87 by number of offenses and #46 of 83 by rate.

Type20262025Change Per 1,000 residents
Aggravated assault 15 14 up 7% 1.9
Simple assault 41 25 up 64% 5.3
Intimidation 25 21 up 19% 3.2
Robbery 3 7 down 57% 0.4
Sex offenses 4 2 up 100% 0.5
Burglary 33 42 down 21% 4.3
Theft from motor vehicle 56 48 up 17% 7.2
Motor vehicle theft 67 58 up 16% 8.6
Vehicle parts theft 21 9 up 133% 2.7
Shoplifting 2 2 up 0% 0.3
Other theft 45 49 down 8% 5.8
Property damage / vandalism 138 88 up 57% 17.8
Fraud 14 15 down 7% 1.8
Drug offenses 4 10 down 60% 0.5
Weapon law violations 3 5 down 40% 0.4
Other offenses 4 3 up 33% 0.5

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 King Field or compare it with other places.

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

0 125 250 375 500 1152019 1642020 1372021 1942022 2982023 2772024 2032025 2822026
YearReportsChange from prior year
2019 115
2020 164 up 43%
2021 137 down 16%
2022 194 up 42%
2023 298 up 54%
2024 277 down 7%
2025 203 down 27%
2026 282 up 39%

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 39 48 56 up 17%
Motor vehicle theft 23 58 67 up 16%
Vehicle parts theft 2 9 21 up 133%
Property damage / vandalism 51 88 138 up 57%

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

  • Overnight 93
  • Morning 40
  • Afternoon 60
  • Evening 89
Monthly counts, 2019 to 2026
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2019 12 9 11 11 21 16 12 12 11 10 12 17
2020 32 12 15 18 17 10 20 24 16 15 16 17
2021 16 11 24 14 17 15 10 19 11 13 13 19
2022 22 10 24 15 10 16 32 38 27 18 28 20
2023 26 31 36 37 48 21 28 44 25 39 23 32
2024 21 40 35 34 29 26 27 39 26 25 22 21
2025 11 23 17 13 12 25 19 57 24 44 17 22
2026 21 22 48 37 35 27 37 26 29 0

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