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Car break-ins in Prospect Park - East River Road, Minneapolis

From Jan 1 through Oct 1, 2026, the Minneapolis Police Department recorded 296 car break-in, auto theft, vehicle parts theft and property damage reports in the Prospect Park - East River Road neighborhood: up 18% from 251 in the same period of 2025, and up 70% from 174 in 2019. That ranks Prospect Park - East River Road #12 of 87 Minneapolis neighborhoods by reports this year. The most common category was property damage / vandalism (149, 50% 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 565 offenses of every kind in the Prospect Park - East River Road neighborhood, up 4% from 2025. That is 49.8 offenses per 1,000 residents (11,354 residents in the 2020 Census), against 1.3 citywide. It ranks #22 of 87 by number of offenses and #63 of 83 by rate.

Type20262025Change Per 1,000 residents
Aggravated assault 22 24 down 8% 1.9
Simple assault 36 45 down 20% 3.2
Intimidation 34 22 up 54% 3.0
Robbery 3 7 down 57% 0.3
Sex offenses 3 6 down 50% 0.3
Burglary 11 17 down 35% 1.0
Theft from motor vehicle 70 73 down 4% 6.2
Motor vehicle theft 57 78 down 27% 5.0
Vehicle parts theft 20 22 down 9% 1.8
Shoplifting 6 4 up 50% 0.5
Other theft 111 119 down 7% 9.8
Property damage / vandalism 149 78 up 91% 13.1
Fraud 24 33 down 27% 2.1
Drug offenses 5 4 up 25% 0.4
Weapon law violations 3 1 up 200% 0.3
Other offenses 11 9 up 22% 1.0

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 Prospect Park - East River Road or compare it with other places.

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

0 125 250 375 500 1742019 2172020 2472021 3942022 2732023 2102024 2512025 2962026
YearReportsChange from prior year
2019 174
2020 217 up 25%
2021 247 up 14%
2022 394 up 60%
2023 273 down 31%
2024 210 down 23%
2025 251 up 20%
2026 296 up 18%

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 93 73 70 down 4%
Motor vehicle theft 35 78 57 down 27%
Vehicle parts theft 1 22 20 down 9%
Property damage / vandalism 45 78 149 up 91%

When reports in Prospect Park - East River Road happened, Jan 1 to Oct 1. Many reports have no recorded time.

  • Overnight 84
  • Morning 45
  • Afternoon 75
  • Evening 92
Monthly counts, 2019 to 2026
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2019 17 23 15 16 23 10 20 27 21 29 21 20
2020 12 21 16 22 19 25 23 25 54 55 38 23
2021 29 23 21 22 27 28 29 30 38 18 39 32
2022 42 26 36 46 48 43 53 42 57 42 27 30
2023 36 40 18 24 26 36 33 39 20 17 22 48
2024 42 21 13 29 12 27 23 18 24 31 23 15
2025 31 17 26 17 21 24 28 42 42 34 19 34
2026 29 22 38 22 24 27 59 48 27 0

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Cite this page
Glass on the Street. (2026). Car break-ins and crime in Prospect Park - East River Road, Minneapolis. Retrieved October 2, 2026, from https://glassonthestreet.com/neighborhoods/prospect-park-east-river-road. 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.