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Car break-ins in Lowry Hill East, Minneapolis

From Jan 1 through Oct 1, 2026, the Minneapolis Police Department recorded 394 car break-in, auto theft, vehicle parts theft and property damage reports in the Lowry Hill East neighborhood: down 1% from 398 in the same period of 2025, and up 42% from 278 in 2019. That ranks Lowry Hill East #4 of 87 Minneapolis neighborhoods by reports this year. The most common category was property damage / vandalism (159, 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 963 offenses of every kind in the Lowry Hill East neighborhood, up 3% from 2025. That is 110.0 offenses per 1,000 residents (8,751 residents in the 2020 Census), against 2.2 citywide. It ranks #7 of 87 by number of offenses and #17 of 83 by rate.

Type20262025Change Per 1,000 residents
Homicide 1 1 up 0% 0.1
Aggravated assault 44 45 down 2% 5.0
Simple assault 81 70 up 16% 9.3
Intimidation 55 55 up 0% 6.3
Robbery 19 19 up 0% 2.2
Sex offenses 9 12 down 25% 1.0
Burglary 40 39 up 3% 4.6
Theft from motor vehicle 115 121 down 5% 13.1
Motor vehicle theft 105 106 down 1% 12.0
Vehicle parts theft 15 10 up 50% 1.7
Shoplifting 32 8 up 300% 3.7
Other theft 155 182 down 15% 17.7
Property damage / vandalism 159 161 down 1% 18.2
Arson 0 1 down 100% 0.0
Fraud 41 37 up 11% 4.7
Drug offenses 59 33 up 79% 6.7
Weapon law violations 16 17 down 6% 1.8
Other offenses 17 14 up 21% 1.9

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 East or compare it with other places.

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

0 250 500 750 1,000 2782019 3092020 2972021 4372022 5902023 4752024 3982025 3942026
YearReportsChange from prior year
2019 278
2020 309 up 11%
2021 297 down 4%
2022 437 up 47%
2023 590 up 35%
2024 475 down 19%
2025 398 down 16%
2026 394 down 1%

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 139 121 115 down 5%
Motor vehicle theft 66 106 105 down 1%
Vehicle parts theft 1 10 15 up 50%
Property damage / vandalism 72 161 159 down 1%

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

  • Overnight 112
  • Morning 86
  • Afternoon 101
  • Evening 95
Monthly counts, 2019 to 2026
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2019 27 18 20 23 32 39 44 31 41 42 29 44
2020 31 41 34 27 37 27 26 48 37 28 42 28
2021 28 21 28 28 25 37 48 39 43 36 42 52
2022 48 48 34 33 45 72 45 45 67 65 67 54
2023 62 58 59 75 80 40 81 81 50 67 81 54
2024 42 48 58 41 35 48 74 77 52 37 53 36
2025 54 33 49 34 39 49 55 53 32 56 39 26
2026 50 50 35 35 49 45 45 44 41 0

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