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Car break-ins in Phillips West, Minneapolis

From Jan 1 through Oct 1, 2026, the Minneapolis Police Department recorded 163 car break-in, auto theft, vehicle parts theft and property damage reports in the Phillips West neighborhood: down 8% from 177 in the same period of 2025, and down 7% from 175 in 2019. That ranks Phillips West #32 of 87 Minneapolis neighborhoods by reports this year. The most common category was property damage / vandalism (62, 38% of the total). Reports with a recorded time most often happened in the evening.

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From Jan 1 through Oct 1, 2026, MPD recorded 450 offenses of every kind in the Phillips West neighborhood, down 12% from 2025. That is 89.0 offenses per 1,000 residents (5,056 residents in the 2020 Census), against 1.0 citywide. It ranks #29 of 87 by number of offenses and #24 of 83 by rate.

Type20262025Change Per 1,000 residents
Homicide 0 3 down 100% 0.0
Aggravated assault 51 29 up 76% 10.1
Simple assault 46 83 down 45% 9.1
Intimidation 34 43 down 21% 6.7
Robbery 13 18 down 28% 2.6
Sex offenses 9 11 down 18% 1.8
Burglary 26 27 down 4% 5.1
Theft from motor vehicle 32 34 down 6% 6.3
Motor vehicle theft 61 58 up 5% 12.1
Vehicle parts theft 8 11 down 27% 1.6
Shoplifting 4 4 up 0% 0.8
Other theft 64 49 up 31% 12.7
Property damage / vandalism 62 74 down 16% 12.3
Arson 1 1 up 0% 0.2
Fraud 13 22 down 41% 2.6
Drug offenses 11 14 down 21% 2.2
Weapon law violations 9 9 up 0% 1.8
Other offenses 6 20 down 70% 1.2

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 Phillips West or compare it with other places.

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

0 125 250 375 500 1752019 1982020 1562021 2012022 2382023 2222024 1772025 1632026
YearReportsChange from prior year
2019 175
2020 198 up 13%
2021 156 down 21%
2022 201 up 29%
2023 238 up 18%
2024 222 down 7%
2025 177 down 20%
2026 163 down 8%

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 59 34 32 down 6%
Motor vehicle theft 51 58 61 up 5%
Vehicle parts theft 8 11 8 down 27%
Property damage / vandalism 57 74 62 down 16%

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

  • Overnight 43
  • Morning 33
  • Afternoon 40
  • Evening 47
Monthly counts, 2019 to 2026
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2019 16 12 11 18 11 18 24 39 26 11 13 17
2020 24 25 12 14 27 19 20 27 30 22 22 15
2021 23 17 17 15 14 12 16 17 25 22 26 20
2022 19 24 22 18 22 22 29 20 25 17 29 15
2023 24 28 25 22 37 24 14 40 24 24 19 17
2024 22 21 15 28 33 35 29 18 21 29 14 18
2025 13 14 19 16 23 23 18 28 22 17 12 17
2026 19 16 18 14 17 23 23 19 14 0

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