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Car break-ins in Midtown Phillips, Minneapolis

From Jan 1 through Oct 1, 2026, the Minneapolis Police Department recorded 242 car break-in, auto theft, vehicle parts theft and property damage reports in the Midtown Phillips neighborhood: up 21% from 200 in the same period of 2025, and up 73% from 140 in 2019. That ranks Midtown Phillips #22 of 87 Minneapolis neighborhoods by reports this year. The most common category was property damage / vandalism (92, 38% 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 679 offenses of every kind in the Midtown Phillips neighborhood, up 16% from 2025. That is 130.4 offenses per 1,000 residents (5,208 residents in the 2020 Census), against 1.6 citywide. It ranks #17 of 87 by number of offenses and #8 of 83 by rate.

Type20262025Change Per 1,000 residents
Homicide 0 5 down 100% 0.0
Aggravated assault 56 63 down 11% 10.8
Simple assault 105 91 up 15% 20.2
Intimidation 42 29 up 45% 8.1
Robbery 35 30 up 17% 6.7
Sex offenses 17 18 down 6% 3.3
Burglary 17 24 down 29% 3.3
Theft from motor vehicle 49 46 up 6% 9.4
Motor vehicle theft 88 60 up 47% 16.9
Vehicle parts theft 13 11 up 18% 2.5
Shoplifting 1 1 up 0% 0.2
Other theft 61 58 up 5% 11.7
Property damage / vandalism 92 83 up 11% 17.7
Arson 1 2 down 50% 0.2
Fraud 22 19 up 16% 4.2
Drug offenses 44 11 up 300% 8.4
Weapon law violations 20 21 down 5% 3.8
Other offenses 16 13 up 23% 3.1

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 Midtown Phillips or compare it with other places.

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

0 125 250 375 500 1402019 2632020 1952021 2572022 2372023 3042024 2002025 2422026
YearReportsChange from prior year
2019 140
2020 263 up 88%
2021 195 down 26%
2022 257 up 32%
2023 237 down 8%
2024 304 up 28%
2025 200 down 34%
2026 242 up 21%

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 45 46 49 up 7%
Motor vehicle theft 52 60 88 up 47%
Vehicle parts theft 4 11 13 up 18%
Property damage / vandalism 39 83 92 up 11%

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

  • Overnight 66
  • Morning 61
  • Afternoon 60
  • Evening 55
Monthly counts, 2019 to 2026
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2019 11 5 7 11 13 21 18 22 32 27 32 27
2020 23 22 24 14 29 34 40 41 36 31 28 20
2021 25 24 14 15 19 28 24 23 22 23 24 27
2022 23 28 28 15 19 42 47 28 27 20 17 19
2023 16 35 27 12 38 21 20 38 29 34 29 27
2024 36 29 29 27 47 40 30 31 32 33 31 35
2025 14 23 23 23 13 22 22 28 32 29 22 21
2026 25 28 23 19 20 38 32 36 21 0

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