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Car break-ins in McKinley, Minneapolis

From Jan 1 through Oct 1, 2026, the Minneapolis Police Department recorded 79 car break-in, auto theft, vehicle parts theft and property damage reports in the McKinley neighborhood: up 7% from 74 in the same period of 2025, and down 32% from 117 in 2019. That ranks McKinley #66 of 87 Minneapolis neighborhoods by reports this year. The most common category was motor vehicle theft (35, 44% of the total). Reports with a recorded time most often happened in the morning.

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From Jan 1 through Oct 1, 2026, MPD recorded 247 offenses of every kind in the McKinley neighborhood, down 4% from 2025. That is 75.9 offenses per 1,000 residents (3,255 residents in the 2020 Census), against 0.6 citywide. It ranks #43 of 87 by number of offenses and #35 of 83 by rate.

Type20262025Change Per 1,000 residents
Aggravated assault 29 25 up 16% 8.9
Simple assault 40 37 up 8% 12.3
Intimidation 20 8 up 150% 6.1
Robbery 2 12 down 83% 0.6
Sex offenses 6 4 up 50% 1.8
Burglary 14 17 down 18% 4.3
Theft from motor vehicle 5 7 down 29% 1.5
Motor vehicle theft 35 33 up 6% 10.8
Vehicle parts theft 4 4 up 0% 1.2
Other theft 26 37 down 30% 8.0
Property damage / vandalism 35 30 up 17% 10.8
Arson 0 1 down 100% 0.0
Fraud 5 20 down 75% 1.5
Drug offenses 5 3 up 67% 1.5
Weapon law violations 13 13 up 0% 4.0
Other offenses 8 7 up 14% 2.5

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 McKinley or compare it with other places.

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

0 50 100 150 200 1172019 1512020 1052021 1292022 1122023 1052024 742025 792026
YearReportsChange from prior year
2019 117
2020 151 up 29%
2021 105 down 30%
2022 129 up 23%
2023 112 down 13%
2024 105 down 6%
2025 74 down 30%
2026 79 up 7%

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 16 7 5 down 29%
Motor vehicle theft 32 33 35 up 6%
Vehicle parts theft 1 4 4 up 0%
Property damage / vandalism 68 30 35 up 17%

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

  • Overnight 21
  • Morning 23
  • Afternoon 17
  • Evening 18
Monthly counts, 2019 to 2026
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2019 7 14 7 14 11 21 15 16 12 18 15 13
2020 11 14 11 15 23 20 17 21 19 8 16 16
2021 10 8 13 7 14 13 12 14 13 12 6 8
2022 8 16 13 14 17 6 14 20 20 26 14 10
2023 11 11 15 7 13 16 15 11 12 20 14 12
2024 10 5 13 11 8 13 23 12 10 8 7 12
2025 5 7 10 5 7 11 11 15 3 4 12 3
2026 7 14 6 7 10 7 16 6 6 0

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