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Car break-ins in Northrop, Minneapolis

From Jan 1 through Oct 1, 2026, the Minneapolis Police Department recorded 143 car break-in, auto theft, vehicle parts theft and property damage reports in the Northrop neighborhood: down 4% from 149 in the same period of 2025, and up 107% from 69 in 2019. That ranks Northrop #39 of 87 Minneapolis neighborhoods by reports this year. The most common category was property damage / vandalism (66, 46% 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 231 offenses of every kind in the Northrop neighborhood, down 16% from 2025. That is 51.4 offenses per 1,000 residents (4,490 residents in the 2020 Census), against 0.5 citywide. It ranks #46 of 87 by number of offenses and #58 of 83 by rate.

Type20262025Change Per 1,000 residents
Aggravated assault 3 3 up 0% 0.7
Simple assault 5 8 down 38% 1.1
Intimidation 10 9 up 11% 2.2
Robbery 1 2 down 50% 0.2
Sex offenses 0 1 down 100% 0.0
Burglary 32 28 up 14% 7.1
Theft from motor vehicle 28 25 up 12% 6.2
Motor vehicle theft 34 36 down 6% 7.6
Vehicle parts theft 15 10 up 50% 3.3
Shoplifting 5 31 down 84% 1.1
Other theft 17 33 down 48% 3.8
Property damage / vandalism 66 78 down 15% 14.7
Fraud 9 5 up 80% 2.0
Drug offenses 3 2 up 50% 0.7
Weapon law violations 1 1 up 0% 0.2
Other offenses 2 2 up 0% 0.4

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 Northrop or compare it with other places.

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

0 50 100 150 200 692019 982020 722021 1032022 1432023 1272024 1492025 1432026
YearReportsChange from prior year
2019 69
2020 98 up 42%
2021 72 down 27%
2022 103 up 43%
2023 143 up 39%
2024 127 down 11%
2025 149 up 17%
2026 143 down 4%

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 35 25 28 up 12%
Motor vehicle theft 14 36 34 down 6%
Vehicle parts theft 1 10 15 up 50%
Property damage / vandalism 19 78 66 down 15%

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

  • Overnight 57
  • Morning 18
  • Afternoon 25
  • Evening 43
Monthly counts, 2019 to 2026
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2019 7 5 6 6 6 8 8 11 12 13 3 17
2020 9 2 18 9 10 15 9 13 13 10 8 12
2021 21 9 5 2 8 5 5 6 11 7 10 8
2022 4 10 10 17 10 19 19 7 7 18 18 10
2023 14 11 19 17 26 10 11 16 18 13 12 16
2024 9 14 10 12 24 21 12 13 12 13 4 17
2025 10 11 13 13 19 28 19 23 13 18 20 9
2026 10 12 10 12 17 13 14 28 27 0

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