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Car break-ins in Steven's Square - Loring Heights, Minneapolis

From Jan 1 through Oct 1, 2026, the Minneapolis Police Department recorded 154 car break-in, auto theft, vehicle parts theft and property damage reports in the Steven's Square - Loring Heights neighborhood: down 26% from 209 in the same period of 2025, and up 83% from 84 in 2019. That ranks Steven's Square - Loring Heights #33 of 87 Minneapolis neighborhoods by reports this year. The most common category was property damage / vandalism (72, 47% of the total). Reports with a recorded time most often happened overnight.

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From Jan 1 through Oct 1, 2026, MPD recorded 488 offenses of every kind in the Steven's Square - Loring Heights neighborhood, down 18% from 2025. That is 116.4 offenses per 1,000 residents (4,192 residents in the 2020 Census), against 1.1 citywide. It ranks #25 of 87 by number of offenses and #13 of 83 by rate.

Type20262025Change Per 1,000 residents
Homicide 2 1 up 100% 0.5
Aggravated assault 51 47 up 8% 12.2
Simple assault 76 75 up 1% 18.1
Intimidation 29 48 down 40% 6.9
Robbery 12 19 down 37% 2.9
Sex offenses 16 9 up 78% 3.8
Burglary 20 17 up 18% 4.8
Theft from motor vehicle 30 38 down 21% 7.2
Motor vehicle theft 46 69 down 33% 11.0
Vehicle parts theft 6 11 down 46% 1.4
Shoplifting 1 0 0.2
Other theft 60 71 down 16% 14.3
Property damage / vandalism 72 91 down 21% 17.2
Arson 3 0 0.7
Fraud 13 26 down 50% 3.1
Drug offenses 27 36 down 25% 6.4
Weapon law violations 19 25 down 24% 4.5
Other offenses 5 12 down 58% 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 Steven's Square - Loring Heights or compare it with other places.

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

0 125 250 375 500 842019 1652020 1552021 1762022 2492023 2652024 2092025 1542026
YearReportsChange from prior year
2019 84
2020 165 up 96%
2021 155 down 6%
2022 176 up 14%
2023 249 up 41%
2024 265 up 6%
2025 209 down 21%
2026 154 down 26%

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 23 38 30 down 21%
Motor vehicle theft 24 69 46 down 33%
Vehicle parts theft 1 11 6 down 45%
Property damage / vandalism 36 91 72 down 21%

When reports in Steven's Square - Loring Heights happened, Jan 1 to Oct 1. Many reports have no recorded time.

  • Overnight 43
  • Morning 38
  • Afternoon 35
  • Evening 38
Monthly counts, 2019 to 2026
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2019 9 6 4 12 7 9 9 14 14 9 12 10
2020 15 8 15 19 16 18 23 26 25 17 14 12
2021 10 8 18 4 13 27 23 25 27 29 19 19
2022 13 17 17 17 28 23 29 16 14 27 39 18
2023 27 28 21 33 25 14 39 36 26 20 23 28
2024 30 26 27 31 34 43 29 21 22 27 21 11
2025 29 24 21 17 24 18 39 25 11 25 14 19
2026 23 21 13 17 21 19 19 10 11 0

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Cite this page
Glass on the Street. (2026). Car break-ins and crime in Steven's Square - Loring Heights, Minneapolis. Retrieved October 2, 2026, from https://glassonthestreet.com/neighborhoods/steven-s-square-loring-heights. 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.