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Car break-ins in Loring Park, Minneapolis

From Jan 1 through Oct 1, 2026, the Minneapolis Police Department recorded 302 car break-in, auto theft, vehicle parts theft and property damage reports in the Loring Park neighborhood: down 22% from 388 in the same period of 2025, and up 81% from 167 in 2019. That ranks Loring Park #11 of 87 Minneapolis neighborhoods by reports this year. The most common category was property damage / vandalism (120, 40% 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 1,030 offenses of every kind in the Loring Park neighborhood, down 6% from 2025. That is 106.6 offenses per 1,000 residents (9,663 residents in the 2020 Census), against 2.4 citywide. It ranks #4 of 87 by number of offenses and #18 of 83 by rate.

Type20262025Change Per 1,000 residents
Homicide 5 3 up 67% 0.5
Aggravated assault 81 68 up 19% 8.4
Simple assault 164 149 up 10% 17.0
Intimidation 113 55 up 106% 11.7
Robbery 18 32 down 44% 1.9
Sex offenses 22 31 down 29% 2.3
Burglary 38 22 up 73% 3.9
Theft from motor vehicle 75 95 down 21% 7.8
Motor vehicle theft 94 82 up 15% 9.7
Vehicle parts theft 13 14 down 7% 1.3
Shoplifting 25 80 down 69% 2.6
Other theft 184 165 up 12% 19.0
Property damage / vandalism 120 197 down 39% 12.4
Fraud 30 41 down 27% 3.1
Drug offenses 13 28 down 54% 1.3
Weapon law violations 18 18 up 0% 1.9
Other offenses 17 14 up 21% 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 Loring Park or compare it with other places.

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

0 125 250 375 500 1672019 2342020 2862021 3322022 2972023 2962024 3882025 3022026
YearReportsChange from prior year
2019 167
2020 234 up 40%
2021 286 up 22%
2022 332 up 16%
2023 297 down 11%
2024 296 down 0%
2025 388 up 31%
2026 302 down 22%

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 66 95 75 down 21%
Motor vehicle theft 35 82 94 up 15%
Vehicle parts theft 0 14 13 down 7%
Property damage / vandalism 66 197 120 down 39%

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

  • Overnight 73
  • Morning 61
  • Afternoon 82
  • Evening 86
Monthly counts, 2019 to 2026
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2019 18 15 14 16 20 24 14 28 18 18 16 18
2020 19 17 19 22 24 25 31 27 50 30 17 29
2021 27 22 21 27 35 38 37 44 33 46 26 35
2022 32 13 39 50 37 45 42 35 37 31 22 36
2023 33 33 39 33 30 30 28 39 32 35 35 27
2024 29 35 25 23 47 31 28 48 29 56 36 17
2025 51 38 43 32 41 71 32 51 29 39 22 17
2026 34 34 30 46 35 31 22 41 29 0

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