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Car break-ins in Mid - City Industrial, Minneapolis
From Jan 1 through Oct 1, 2026, the Minneapolis Police Department recorded 85 car break-in, auto theft, vehicle parts theft and property damage reports in the Mid - City Industrial neighborhood: down 21% from 107 in the same period of 2025, and up 89% from 45 in 2019. That ranks Mid - City Industrial #63 of 87 Minneapolis neighborhoods by reports this year. The most common category was property damage / vandalism (35, 41% of the total). Reports with a recorded time most often happened in the afternoon.
All reported crime in Mid - City Industrial
From Jan 1 through Oct 1, 2026, MPD recorded 147 offenses of every kind in the Mid - City Industrial neighborhood, down 15% from 2025. It ranks #67 of 87 by number of offenses.
| Type | 2026 | 2025 | Change | Per 1,000 residents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 1 | 0 | ||
| Aggravated assault | 4 | 4 | up 0% | |
| Simple assault | 3 | 7 | down 57% | |
| Intimidation | 10 | 5 | up 100% | |
| Sex offenses | 1 | 0 | ||
| Burglary | 1 | 10 | down 90% | |
| Theft from motor vehicle | 14 | 16 | down 12% | |
| Motor vehicle theft | 33 | 24 | up 38% | |
| Vehicle parts theft | 3 | 2 | up 50% | |
| Shoplifting | 2 | 2 | up 0% | |
| Other theft | 29 | 25 | up 16% | |
| Property damage / vandalism | 35 | 65 | down 46% | |
| Fraud | 9 | 4 | up 125% | |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 4 | down 100% | |
| Weapon law violations | 1 | 1 | up 0% | |
| Other offenses | 1 | 3 | down 67% |
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 Mid - City Industrial or compare it with other places.
Mid - City Industrial reports by year, Jan 1 to Oct 1
The same calendar window every year, so 2026 is compared like for like.
| Year | Reports | Change from prior year |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 45 | |
| 2020 | 57 | up 27% |
| 2021 | 71 | up 25% |
| 2022 | 115 | up 62% |
| 2023 | 67 | down 42% |
| 2024 | 107 | up 60% |
| 2025 | 107 | up 0% |
| 2026 | 85 | down 21% |
By MPD category
Reports from Jan 1 to Oct 1. "Property damage / vandalism" is MPD's own category and isn't vehicle-specific.
| Category | 2019 | 2025 | 2026 | Change from 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from motor vehicle | 21 | 16 | 14 | down 12% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 6 | 24 | 33 | up 38% |
| Vehicle parts theft | 2 | 2 | 3 | up 50% |
| Property damage / vandalism | 16 | 65 | 35 | down 46% |
Time of day, 2026
When reports in Mid - City Industrial happened, Jan 1 to Oct 1. Many reports have no recorded time.
Reports by month
Monthly counts, 2019 to 2026
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 8 |
| 2020 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 8 |
| 2021 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 11 |
| 2022 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 6 |
| 2023 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 5 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 34 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 5 |
| 2026 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 0 |
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Cite this page
Glass on the Street. (2026). Car break-ins and crime in Mid - City Industrial, Minneapolis. Retrieved October 2, 2026, from https://glassonthestreet.com/neighborhoods/mid-city-industrial. 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.