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Car break-ins in North Loop, Minneapolis

From Jan 1 through Oct 1, 2026, the Minneapolis Police Department recorded 381 car break-in, auto theft, vehicle parts theft and property damage reports in the North Loop neighborhood: up 16% from 329 in the same period of 2025, and up 130% from 166 in 2019. That ranks North Loop #5 of 87 Minneapolis neighborhoods by reports this year. The most common category was property damage / vandalism (163, 43% of the total). Reports with a recorded time most often happened in the afternoon.

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From Jan 1 through Oct 1, 2026, MPD recorded 845 offenses of every kind in the North Loop neighborhood, up 2% from 2025. That is 112.1 offenses per 1,000 residents (7,540 residents in the 2020 Census), against 2.0 citywide. It ranks #10 of 87 by number of offenses and #15 of 83 by rate.

Type20262025Change Per 1,000 residents
Homicide 1 1 up 0% 0.1
Aggravated assault 43 34 up 26% 5.7
Simple assault 76 99 down 23% 10.1
Intimidation 48 46 up 4% 6.4
Robbery 13 14 down 7% 1.7
Sex offenses 6 14 down 57% 0.8
Burglary 24 32 down 25% 3.2
Theft from motor vehicle 109 128 down 15% 14.5
Motor vehicle theft 88 58 up 52% 11.7
Vehicle parts theft 21 9 up 133% 2.8
Shoplifting 14 18 down 22% 1.9
Other theft 184 190 down 3% 24.4
Property damage / vandalism 163 134 up 22% 21.6
Arson 0 1 down 100% 0.0
Fraud 26 41 down 37% 3.4
Drug offenses 12 5 up 140% 1.6
Weapon law violations 9 5 up 80% 1.2
Other offenses 8 0 1.1

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 North Loop or compare it with other places.

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

0 125 250 375 500 1662019 1882020 1942021 3202022 2652023 3022024 3292025 3812026
YearReportsChange from prior year
2019 166
2020 188 up 13%
2021 194 up 3%
2022 320 up 65%
2023 265 down 17%
2024 302 up 14%
2025 329 up 9%
2026 381 up 16%

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 75 128 109 down 15%
Motor vehicle theft 43 58 88 up 52%
Vehicle parts theft 2 9 21 up 133%
Property damage / vandalism 46 134 163 up 22%

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

  • Overnight 86
  • Morning 82
  • Afternoon 117
  • Evening 96
Monthly counts, 2019 to 2026
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2019 8 6 8 18 27 13 22 38 25 21 22 19
2020 23 18 14 10 14 10 28 44 25 40 26 23
2021 21 16 15 12 22 23 25 33 26 46 38 35
2022 42 23 34 35 27 59 38 33 29 54 26 28
2023 33 24 33 44 22 22 31 34 22 19 25 24
2024 10 12 25 25 42 32 37 53 64 58 27 25
2025 42 31 61 33 38 32 39 28 25 30 24 43
2026 35 29 52 60 37 37 39 65 27 0

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