Minneapolis Assault

Minneapolis · Assault · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Minneapolis police open data recorded 6,010 assault incidents, 13.5% of all 44,562 incidents reported in the city that year and up 6.9% from 2024. That is about 1,402 per 100,000 residents, compared with 1,325 per 100,000 across the 60 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 5,168 assault incidents have been published.

Assault in Minneapolis by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)5,168——
20256,0101,402up 6.9%
20245,6241,312up 2.8%
20235,4701,276up 2.1%
20225,3551,249up 15.6%
20214,6311,081down 15.4%
20205,4751,277down 6.0%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 43,605 assault incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most assault (2025)

  1. Downtown West 411 incidents
  2. Whittier 345 incidents
  3. Jordan 296 incidents
  4. Hawthorne 246 incidents
  5. Near - North 237 incidents
  6. Elliot Park 228 incidents
  7. Ventura Village 227 incidents
  8. Loring Park 208 incidents

Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.

Questions

How many assault incidents were reported in Minneapolis in 2025?

6,010, according to Minneapolis Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is assault going up or down in Minneapolis?

Reported assault was up 6.9% in 2025 compared with 2024, and up 12.2% compared with 2022 (rising over three years).

Where does this data come from?

Source: Minneapolis Police Department open data. TheCrimeMaps.com groups each published offense into a crime type; counts are police-reported incidents, not convictions, and some reports are reclassified or removed by the source later.

Other crime types in Minneapolis

← Minneapolis crime map · Assault across the US

TheCrimeMaps.com
TheCrimeMaps.com