Minneapolis Auto theft

Minneapolis · Auto theft · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Minneapolis police open data recorded 4,817 auto theft incidents, 10.8% of all 44,562 incidents reported in the city that year and down 24.4% from 2024. That is about 1,124 per 100,000 residents, compared with 486 per 100,000 across the 56 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 4,261 auto theft incidents have been published.

Auto theft in Minneapolis by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)4,261——
20254,8171,124down 24.4%
20246,3751,487down 16.0%
20237,5921,771up 25.2%
20226,0661,415up 47.5%
20214,112959up 4.9%
20203,919914up 35.5%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 40,078 auto theft incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most auto theft (2025)

  1. Whittier 252 incidents
  2. Marcy Holmes 166 incidents
  3. Powderhorn Park 148 incidents
  4. Lowry Hill East 136 incidents
  5. Downtown West 136 incidents
  6. Ventura Village 130 incidents
  7. Central 127 incidents
  8. Jordan 121 incidents

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

Questions

How many auto theft incidents were reported in Minneapolis in 2025?

4,817, according to Minneapolis Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is auto theft going up or down in Minneapolis?

Reported auto theft was down 24.4% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 20.6% compared with 2022 (falling 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.

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