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Car break-ins in Lowry Hill, Minneapolis

From Jan 1 through Oct 1, 2026, the Minneapolis Police Department recorded 108 car break-in, auto theft, vehicle parts theft and property damage reports in the Lowry Hill neighborhood: down 28% from 150 in the same period of 2025, and up 12% from 96 in 2019. That ranks Lowry Hill #53 of 87 Minneapolis neighborhoods by reports this year. The most common category was property damage / vandalism (43, 40% 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 208 offenses of every kind in the Lowry Hill neighborhood, down 13% from 2025. That is 54.1 offenses per 1,000 residents (3,847 residents in the 2020 Census), against 0.5 citywide. It ranks #53 of 87 by number of offenses and #55 of 83 by rate.

Type20262025Change Per 1,000 residents
Aggravated assault 12 2 up 500% 3.1
Simple assault 10 12 down 17% 2.6
Intimidation 7 10 down 30% 1.8
Robbery 4 1 up 300% 1.0
Sex offenses 3 5 down 40% 0.8
Burglary 8 11 down 27% 2.1
Theft from motor vehicle 33 51 down 35% 8.6
Motor vehicle theft 25 19 up 32% 6.5
Vehicle parts theft 7 7 up 0% 1.8
Other theft 30 29 up 3% 7.8
Property damage / vandalism 43 73 down 41% 11.2
Fraud 12 1 up 1100% 3.1
Drug offenses 3 4 down 25% 0.8
Other offenses 11 13 down 15% 2.9

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 Lowry Hill or compare it with other places.

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

0 62 125 188 250 962019 742020 1312021 1652022 1872023 1682024 1502025 1082026
YearReportsChange from prior year
2019 96
2020 74 down 23%
2021 131 up 77%
2022 165 up 26%
2023 187 up 13%
2024 168 down 10%
2025 150 down 11%
2026 108 down 28%

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 49 51 33 down 35%
Motor vehicle theft 19 19 25 up 32%
Vehicle parts theft 0 7 7 up 0%
Property damage / vandalism 28 73 43 down 41%

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

  • Overnight 35
  • Morning 24
  • Afternoon 26
  • Evening 23
Monthly counts, 2019 to 2026
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2019 7 6 15 16 14 13 9 5 11 14 5 15
2020 4 6 6 5 8 9 8 15 13 22 18 13
2021 16 11 8 14 18 17 8 17 22 13 19 16
2022 15 15 11 11 15 30 16 18 34 20 18 14
2023 19 14 18 24 30 21 23 15 20 20 20 23
2024 13 17 10 17 20 12 16 44 16 40 18 8
2025 5 16 11 9 23 21 19 28 18 18 20 21
2026 12 5 12 22 14 15 12 10 6 0

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