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Car break-ins in Seward, Minneapolis

From Jan 1 through Oct 1, 2026, the Minneapolis Police Department recorded 330 car break-in, auto theft, vehicle parts theft and property damage reports in the Seward neighborhood: up 10% from 299 in the same period of 2025, and up 20% from 276 in 2019. That ranks Seward #9 of 87 Minneapolis neighborhoods by reports this year. The most common category was property damage / vandalism (116, 35% of the total). Reports with a recorded time most often happened in the morning.

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From Jan 1 through Oct 1, 2026, MPD recorded 675 offenses of every kind in the Seward neighborhood, up 0% from 2025. That is 89.8 offenses per 1,000 residents (7,516 residents in the 2020 Census), against 1.6 citywide. It ranks #18 of 87 by number of offenses and #23 of 83 by rate.

Type20262025Change Per 1,000 residents
Aggravated assault 25 44 down 43% 3.3
Simple assault 58 65 down 11% 7.7
Intimidation 30 35 down 14% 4.0
Robbery 15 19 down 21% 2.0
Sex offenses 12 12 up 0% 1.6
Burglary 61 54 up 13% 8.1
Theft from motor vehicle 89 66 up 35% 11.8
Motor vehicle theft 96 77 up 25% 12.8
Vehicle parts theft 29 27 up 7% 3.9
Shoplifting 5 10 down 50% 0.7
Other theft 86 73 up 18% 11.4
Property damage / vandalism 116 129 down 10% 15.4
Arson 1 3 down 67% 0.1
Fraud 28 24 up 17% 3.7
Drug offenses 10 13 down 23% 1.3
Weapon law violations 4 11 down 64% 0.5
Other offenses 10 10 up 0% 1.3

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 Seward or compare it with other places.

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

0 125 250 375 500 2762019 3462020 3072021 3612022 3942023 3472024 2992025 3302026
YearReportsChange from prior year
2019 276
2020 346 up 25%
2021 307 down 11%
2022 361 up 18%
2023 394 up 9%
2024 347 down 12%
2025 299 down 14%
2026 330 up 10%

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 140 66 89 up 35%
Motor vehicle theft 61 77 96 up 25%
Vehicle parts theft 7 27 29 up 7%
Property damage / vandalism 68 129 116 down 10%

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

  • Overnight 81
  • Morning 89
  • Afternoon 80
  • Evening 80
Monthly counts, 2019 to 2026
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2019 18 23 25 29 26 33 33 42 46 41 28 29
2020 33 31 53 39 31 20 26 62 49 41 38 24
2021 33 21 20 29 37 48 47 31 41 31 34 34
2022 42 36 36 30 37 41 42 53 41 51 32 29
2023 56 44 40 43 47 44 37 46 34 34 36 30
2024 39 27 26 25 35 43 41 45 64 49 49 31
2025 43 26 26 20 21 40 37 42 43 58 24 26
2026 54 42 54 28 34 25 27 37 29 0

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