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Car break-ins in South Uptown, Minneapolis

From Jan 1 through Oct 1, 2026, the Minneapolis Police Department recorded 260 car break-in, auto theft, vehicle parts theft and property damage reports in the South Uptown neighborhood: up 24% from 210 in the same period of 2025, and up 81% from 144 in 2019. That ranks South Uptown #17 of 87 Minneapolis neighborhoods by reports this year. The most common category was property damage / vandalism (112, 43% 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 497 offenses of every kind in the South Uptown neighborhood, up 12% from 2025. That is 84.5 offenses per 1,000 residents (5,879 residents in the 2020 Census), against 1.2 citywide. It ranks #24 of 87 by number of offenses and #29 of 83 by rate.

Type20262025Change Per 1,000 residents
Aggravated assault 25 16 up 56% 4.3
Simple assault 43 32 up 34% 7.3
Intimidation 16 20 down 20% 2.7
Robbery 8 13 down 38% 1.4
Sex offenses 6 4 up 50% 1.0
Burglary 26 22 up 18% 4.4
Theft from motor vehicle 60 56 up 7% 10.2
Motor vehicle theft 67 57 up 18% 11.4
Vehicle parts theft 21 14 up 50% 3.6
Shoplifting 1 6 down 83% 0.2
Other theft 72 82 down 12% 12.2
Property damage / vandalism 112 83 up 35% 19.1
Fraud 19 15 up 27% 3.2
Drug offenses 14 10 up 40% 2.4
Weapon law violations 3 6 down 50% 0.5
Other offenses 4 6 down 33% 0.7

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 South Uptown or compare it with other places.

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

0 125 250 375 500 1442019 1642020 1542021 2552022 3112023 2792024 2102025 2602026
YearReportsChange from prior year
2019 144
2020 164 up 14%
2021 154 down 6%
2022 255 up 66%
2023 311 up 22%
2024 279 down 10%
2025 210 down 25%
2026 260 up 24%

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 70 56 60 up 7%
Motor vehicle theft 29 57 67 up 18%
Vehicle parts theft 1 14 21 up 50%
Property damage / vandalism 44 83 112 up 35%

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

  • Overnight 73
  • Morning 48
  • Afternoon 62
  • Evening 77
Monthly counts, 2019 to 2026
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2019 14 14 5 16 12 22 29 10 22 16 21 10
2020 18 16 29 14 13 12 15 21 24 28 16 14
2021 10 20 7 6 20 39 15 15 21 19 18 30
2022 20 23 24 31 13 32 33 39 39 38 35 21
2023 44 20 38 35 32 34 32 43 33 23 23 13
2024 27 26 37 34 22 28 37 31 37 43 45 33
2025 17 21 19 17 28 24 24 31 26 39 38 19
2026 25 39 19 33 24 21 46 32 21 0

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