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Car break-ins in Linden Hills, Minneapolis
From Jan 1 through Oct 1, 2026, the Minneapolis Police Department recorded 96 car break-in, auto theft, vehicle parts theft and property damage reports in the Linden Hills neighborhood: down 29% from 135 in the same period of 2025, and up 55% from 62 in 2019. That ranks Linden Hills #57 of 87 Minneapolis neighborhoods by reports this year. The most common category was property damage / vandalism (46, 48% of the total). Reports with a recorded time most often happened overnight.
All reported crime in Linden Hills
From Jan 1 through Oct 1, 2026, MPD recorded 169 offenses of every kind in the Linden Hills neighborhood, down 23% from 2025. That is 20.6 offenses per 1,000 residents (8,210 residents in the 2020 Census), against 0.4 citywide. It ranks #61 of 87 by number of offenses and #80 of 83 by rate.
| Type | 2026 | 2025 | Change | Per 1,000 residents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggravated assault | 5 | 4 | up 25% | 0.6 |
| Simple assault | 13 | 14 | down 7% | 1.6 |
| Intimidation | 9 | 14 | down 36% | 1.1 |
| Robbery | 0 | 3 | down 100% | 0.0 |
| Sex offenses | 0 | 1 | down 100% | 0.0 |
| Burglary | 8 | 6 | up 33% | 1.0 |
| Theft from motor vehicle | 33 | 49 | down 33% | 4.0 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 13 | 19 | down 32% | 1.6 |
| Vehicle parts theft | 4 | 1 | up 300% | 0.5 |
| Other theft | 15 | 24 | down 38% | 1.8 |
| Property damage / vandalism | 46 | 66 | down 30% | 5.6 |
| Fraud | 20 | 11 | up 82% | 2.4 |
| Drug offenses | 1 | 4 | down 75% | 0.1 |
| Weapon law violations | 1 | 1 | up 0% | 0.1 |
| Other offenses | 1 | 2 | down 50% | 0.1 |
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 Linden Hills or compare it with other places.
Linden Hills 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 | 62 | |
| 2020 | 81 | up 31% |
| 2021 | 60 | down 26% |
| 2022 | 90 | up 50% |
| 2023 | 130 | up 44% |
| 2024 | 84 | down 35% |
| 2025 | 135 | up 61% |
| 2026 | 96 | down 29% |
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 | 36 | 49 | 33 | down 33% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 10 | 19 | 13 | down 32% |
| Vehicle parts theft | 0 | 1 | 4 | up 300% |
| Property damage / vandalism | 16 | 66 | 46 | down 30% |
Time of day, 2026
When reports in Linden Hills 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 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 4 |
| 2020 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 5 |
| 2021 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 8 |
| 2022 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 4 |
| 2023 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 17 |
| 2024 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 10 |
| 2025 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 50 | 15 | 34 | 19 | 9 |
| 2026 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 0 |
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Cite this page
Glass on the Street. (2026). Car break-ins and crime in Linden Hills, Minneapolis. Retrieved October 2, 2026, from https://glassonthestreet.com/neighborhoods/linden-hills. 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.