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Car break-ins in Whittier, Minneapolis

From Jan 1 through Oct 1, 2026, the Minneapolis Police Department recorded 685 car break-in, auto theft, vehicle parts theft and property damage reports in the Whittier neighborhood: down 6% from 727 in the same period of 2025, and up 50% from 456 in 2019. That ranks Whittier #1 of 87 Minneapolis neighborhoods by reports this year. The most common category was property damage / vandalism (258, 38% 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 1,952 offenses of every kind in the Whittier neighborhood, up 11% from 2025. That is 129.9 offenses per 1,000 residents (15,030 residents in the 2020 Census), against 4.5 citywide. It ranks #2 of 87 by number of offenses and #9 of 83 by rate.

Type20262025Change Per 1,000 residents
Homicide 4 4 up 0% 0.3
Aggravated assault 197 129 up 53% 13.1
Simple assault 269 227 up 18% 17.9
Intimidation 105 104 up 1% 7.0
Robbery 50 51 down 2% 3.3
Sex offenses 30 32 down 6% 2.0
Burglary 59 61 down 3% 3.9
Theft from motor vehicle 160 156 up 3% 10.6
Motor vehicle theft 228 214 up 6% 15.2
Vehicle parts theft 39 36 up 8% 2.6
Shoplifting 6 7 down 14% 0.4
Other theft 215 185 up 16% 14.3
Property damage / vandalism 258 321 down 20% 17.2
Arson 9 2 up 350% 0.6
Fraud 71 68 up 4% 4.7
Drug offenses 179 83 up 116% 11.9
Weapon law violations 50 55 down 9% 3.3
Other offenses 23 28 down 18% 1.5

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 Whittier or compare it with other places.

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

0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 4562019 4752020 5052021 8082022 1,0092023 9672024 7272025 6852026
YearReportsChange from prior year
2019 456
2020 475 up 4%
2021 505 up 6%
2022 808 up 60%
2023 1,009 up 25%
2024 967 down 4%
2025 727 down 25%
2026 685 down 6%

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 211 156 160 up 3%
Motor vehicle theft 100 214 228 up 7%
Vehicle parts theft 4 36 39 up 8%
Property damage / vandalism 141 321 258 down 20%

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

  • Overnight 167
  • Morning 167
  • Afternoon 155
  • Evening 196
Monthly counts, 2019 to 2026
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2019 42 30 44 42 56 57 49 59 75 48 61 66
2020 46 46 52 44 52 49 54 61 68 75 64 53
2021 39 53 38 45 59 70 67 61 68 74 77 66
2022 86 83 56 59 85 101 113 104 119 129 102 92
2023 116 125 126 132 130 83 94 113 86 110 87 95
2024 97 94 79 102 110 110 127 112 130 110 74 51
2025 71 57 70 53 92 91 127 88 78 66 62 51
2026 67 67 69 65 112 76 110 68 51 0

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