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Car break-ins in Longfellow, Minneapolis

From Jan 1 through Oct 1, 2026, the Minneapolis Police Department recorded 258 car break-in, auto theft, vehicle parts theft and property damage reports in the Longfellow neighborhood: up 9% from 236 in the same period of 2025, and up 34% from 193 in 2019. That ranks Longfellow #18 of 87 Minneapolis neighborhoods by reports this year. The most common category was property damage / vandalism (101, 39% of the total). Reports with a recorded time most often happened in the afternoon.

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From Jan 1 through Oct 1, 2026, MPD recorded 847 offenses of every kind in the Longfellow neighborhood, up 5% from 2025. That is 166.9 offenses per 1,000 residents (5,075 residents in the 2020 Census), against 2.0 citywide. It ranks #9 of 87 by number of offenses and #2 of 83 by rate.

Type20262025Change Per 1,000 residents
Homicide 0 1 down 100% 0.0
Aggravated assault 24 34 down 29% 4.7
Simple assault 64 63 up 2% 12.6
Intimidation 47 33 up 42% 9.3
Robbery 10 20 down 50% 2.0
Sex offenses 12 7 up 71% 2.4
Burglary 50 60 down 17% 9.9
Theft from motor vehicle 56 48 up 17% 11.0
Motor vehicle theft 76 72 up 6% 15.0
Vehicle parts theft 25 20 up 25% 4.9
Shoplifting 159 146 up 9% 31.3
Other theft 137 142 down 4% 27.0
Property damage / vandalism 101 96 up 5% 19.9
Arson 0 2 down 100% 0.0
Fraud 49 23 up 113% 9.7
Drug offenses 22 15 up 47% 4.3
Weapon law violations 6 10 down 40% 1.2
Other offenses 9 12 down 25% 1.8

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 Longfellow or compare it with other places.

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

0 125 250 375 500 1932019 2632020 1762021 2492022 2842023 2552024 2362025 2582026
YearReportsChange from prior year
2019 193
2020 263 up 36%
2021 176 down 33%
2022 249 up 41%
2023 284 up 14%
2024 255 down 10%
2025 236 down 7%
2026 258 up 9%

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 74 48 56 up 17%
Motor vehicle theft 53 72 76 up 6%
Vehicle parts theft 9 20 25 up 25%
Property damage / vandalism 57 96 101 up 5%

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

  • Overnight 70
  • Morning 50
  • Afternoon 74
  • Evening 64
Monthly counts, 2019 to 2026
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2019 22 23 11 20 32 16 19 25 21 28 19 31
2020 18 33 37 26 52 23 18 37 19 23 21 17
2021 16 19 18 16 24 24 20 18 21 17 25 22
2022 20 29 26 18 28 31 27 36 33 47 25 23
2023 34 44 43 23 25 29 29 33 23 33 35 21
2024 33 18 28 35 19 32 40 27 23 39 30 29
2025 29 20 26 29 17 19 30 33 32 45 34 19
2026 20 27 36 25 33 24 22 47 24 0

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