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Car break-ins in Shingle Creek, Minneapolis
From Jan 1 through Oct 1, 2026, the Minneapolis Police Department recorded 57 car break-in, auto theft, vehicle parts theft and property damage reports in the Shingle Creek neighborhood: up 21% from 47 in the same period of 2025, and up 46% from 39 in 2019. That ranks Shingle Creek #75 of 87 Minneapolis neighborhoods by reports this year. The most common category was property damage / vandalism (25, 44% of the total). Reports with a recorded time most often happened overnight.
All reported crime in Shingle Creek
From Jan 1 through Oct 1, 2026, MPD recorded 131 offenses of every kind in the Shingle Creek neighborhood, down 6% from 2025. That is 39.1 offenses per 1,000 residents (3,351 residents in the 2020 Census), against 0.3 citywide. It ranks #71 of 87 by number of offenses and #71 of 83 by rate.
| Type | 2026 | 2025 | Change | Per 1,000 residents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggravated assault | 15 | 13 | up 15% | 4.5 |
| Simple assault | 10 | 35 | down 71% | 3.0 |
| Intimidation | 10 | 12 | down 17% | 3.0 |
| Robbery | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | |
| Sex offenses | 4 | 2 | up 100% | 1.2 |
| Burglary | 8 | 2 | up 300% | 2.4 |
| Theft from motor vehicle | 8 | 4 | up 100% | 2.4 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 23 | 20 | up 15% | 6.9 |
| Vehicle parts theft | 1 | 7 | down 86% | 0.3 |
| Other theft | 10 | 10 | up 0% | 3.0 |
| Property damage / vandalism | 25 | 16 | up 56% | 7.5 |
| Fraud | 7 | 8 | down 12% | 2.1 |
| Drug offenses | 1 | 2 | down 50% | 0.3 |
| Weapon law violations | 4 | 4 | up 0% | 1.2 |
| Other offenses | 4 | 4 | up 0% | 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 Shingle Creek or compare it with other places.
Shingle Creek reports by year, Jan 1 to Oct 1
The same calendar window every year, so 2026 is compared like for like.
| Year | Reports | Change from prior year |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 39 | |
| 2020 | 52 | up 33% |
| 2021 | 51 | down 2% |
| 2022 | 61 | up 20% |
| 2023 | 57 | down 7% |
| 2024 | 55 | down 4% |
| 2025 | 47 | down 15% |
| 2026 | 57 | up 21% |
By MPD category
Reports from Jan 1 to Oct 1. "Property damage / vandalism" is MPD's own category and isn't vehicle-specific.
| Category | 2019 | 2025 | 2026 | Change from 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from motor vehicle | 11 | 4 | 8 | up 100% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 11 | 20 | 23 | up 15% |
| Vehicle parts theft | 0 | 7 | 1 | down 86% |
| Property damage / vandalism | 17 | 16 | 25 | up 56% |
Time of day, 2026
When reports in Shingle Creek happened, Jan 1 to Oct 1. Many reports have no recorded time.
Reports by month
Monthly counts, 2019 to 2026
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 |
| 2020 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 2021 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 1 |
| 2022 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 4 | 14 |
| 2023 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 |
| 2024 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| 2025 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| 2026 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
Nearby in Ward 4
Cite this page
Glass on the Street. (2026). Car break-ins and crime in Shingle Creek, Minneapolis. Retrieved October 2, 2026, from https://glassonthestreet.com/neighborhoods/shingle-creek. 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.