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Car break-ins in Minnehaha, Minneapolis
From Jan 1 through Oct 1, 2026, the Minneapolis Police Department recorded 121 car break-in, auto theft, vehicle parts theft and property damage reports in the Minnehaha neighborhood: up 46% from 83 in the same period of 2025, and up 128% from 53 in 2019. That ranks Minnehaha #47 of 87 Minneapolis neighborhoods by reports this year. The most common category was property damage / vandalism (66, 55% of the total). Reports with a recorded time most often happened overnight.
All reported crime in Minnehaha
From Jan 1 through Oct 1, 2026, MPD recorded 214 offenses of every kind in the Minnehaha neighborhood, up 28% from 2025. That is 49.9 offenses per 1,000 residents (4,292 residents in the 2020 Census), against 0.5 citywide. It ranks #51 of 87 by number of offenses and #62 of 83 by rate.
| Type | 2026 | 2025 | Change | Per 1,000 residents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 1 | down 100% | 0.0 |
| Aggravated assault | 9 | 2 | up 350% | 2.1 |
| Simple assault | 19 | 16 | up 19% | 4.4 |
| Intimidation | 8 | 9 | down 11% | 1.9 |
| Robbery | 0 | 2 | down 100% | 0.0 |
| Sex offenses | 0 | 1 | down 100% | 0.0 |
| Burglary | 16 | 23 | down 30% | 3.7 |
| Theft from motor vehicle | 25 | 25 | up 0% | 5.8 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 21 | 26 | down 19% | 4.9 |
| Vehicle parts theft | 9 | 4 | up 125% | 2.1 |
| Shoplifting | 6 | 1 | up 500% | 1.4 |
| Other theft | 25 | 20 | up 25% | 5.8 |
| Property damage / vandalism | 66 | 28 | up 136% | 15.4 |
| Arson | 1 | 1 | up 0% | 0.2 |
| Fraud | 8 | 6 | up 33% | 1.9 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 1 | down 100% | 0.0 |
| Other offenses | 1 | 1 | up 0% | 0.2 |
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 Minnehaha or compare it with other places.
Minnehaha 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 | 53 | |
| 2020 | 104 | up 96% |
| 2021 | 102 | down 2% |
| 2022 | 94 | down 8% |
| 2023 | 98 | up 4% |
| 2024 | 78 | down 20% |
| 2025 | 83 | up 6% |
| 2026 | 121 | up 46% |
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 | 28 | 25 | 25 | up 0% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 10 | 26 | 21 | down 19% |
| Vehicle parts theft | 1 | 4 | 9 | up 125% |
| Property damage / vandalism | 14 | 28 | 66 | up 136% |
Time of day, 2026
When reports in Minnehaha 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 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 8 |
| 2020 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 10 |
| 2021 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| 2022 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 8 |
| 2023 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 11 |
| 2024 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 8 |
| 2025 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 12 |
| 2026 | 12 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 25 | 8 | 23 | 6 | 0 |
Nearby in Ward 12
Cite this page
Glass on the Street. (2026). Car break-ins and crime in Minnehaha, Minneapolis. Retrieved October 2, 2026, from https://glassonthestreet.com/neighborhoods/minnehaha. 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.