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Car break-ins in Ward 12, Minneapolis

From Jan 1 through Oct 1, 2026, the Minneapolis Police Department recorded 1,045 car break-in, auto theft, vehicle parts theft and property damage reports in Ward 12: up 5% from 997 in the same period of 2025, and up 123% from 469 in 2019. That ranks Ward 12 #9 of 13 wards by reports this year. The most common category was property damage / vandalism (449, 43% 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 1,872 offenses of every kind in Ward 12, down 3% from 2025. That is 54.1 offenses per 1,000 residents (34,601 residents in the 2020 Census), against 4.4 citywide. It ranks #10 of 13 by number of offenses and #10 of 13 by rate.

Type20262025Change Per 1,000 residents
Homicide 2 1 up 100% 0.1
Aggravated assault 52 47 up 11% 1.5
Simple assault 106 134 down 21% 3.1
Intimidation 83 101 down 18% 2.4
Robbery 17 14 up 21% 0.5
Sex offenses 8 22 down 64% 0.2
Burglary 188 220 down 14% 5.4
Theft from motor vehicle 238 278 down 14% 6.9
Motor vehicle theft 231 244 down 5% 6.7
Vehicle parts theft 127 68 up 87% 3.7
Shoplifting 15 15 up 0% 0.4
Other theft 223 236 down 6% 6.4
Property damage / vandalism 449 407 up 10% 13.0
Arson 2 5 down 60% 0.1
Fraud 69 81 down 15% 2.0
Drug offenses 16 19 down 16% 0.5
Weapon law violations 17 17 up 0% 0.5
Other offenses 29 25 up 16% 0.8

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 Ward 12 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 4692019 7502020 6952021 1,0062022 9702023 8512024 9972025 1,0452026
YearReportsChange from prior year
2019 469
2020 750 up 60%
2021 695 down 7%
2022 1,006 up 45%
2023 970 down 4%
2024 851 down 12%
2025 997 up 17%
2026 1,045 up 5%

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 218 278 238 down 14%
Motor vehicle theft 96 244 231 down 5%
Vehicle parts theft 14 68 127 up 87%
Property damage / vandalism 141 407 449 up 10%

When reports in Ward 12 happened, Jan 1 to Oct 1. Many reports have no recorded time.

  • Overnight 349
  • Morning 189
  • Afternoon 201
  • Evening 306
Monthly counts, 2019 to 2026
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2019 43 35 54 48 45 51 61 60 71 65 64 61
2020 76 73 76 60 99 61 96 120 88 106 87 88
2021 102 70 51 56 87 93 80 75 78 86 90 101
2022 103 103 81 94 93 136 163 127 99 123 85 66
2023 80 105 112 93 122 124 117 127 84 129 101 112
2024 96 75 60 127 82 93 97 98 119 143 99 93
2025 114 77 73 112 101 155 118 120 125 161 149 77
2026 93 86 93 117 139 120 118 176 103 0

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Cite this page
Glass on the Street. (2026). Car break-ins and crime in Ward 12, Minneapolis. Retrieved October 2, 2026, from https://glassonthestreet.com/wards/12. 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.