Minneapolis Theft from vehicle
Minneapolis · Theft from vehicle · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Minneapolis police open data recorded 4,864 theft from vehicle incidents, 10.9% of all 44,562 incidents reported in the city that year and down 2.3% from 2024. That is about 1,135 per 100,000 residents, compared with 634 per 100,000 across the 46 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 4,621 theft from vehicle incidents have been published.
Theft from vehicle in Minneapolis by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 4,621 | — | — |
| 2025 | 4,864 | 1,135 | down 2.3% |
| 2024 | 4,980 | 1,162 | down 8.3% |
| 2023 | 5,428 | 1,267 | down 19.7% |
| 2022 | 6,762 | 1,578 | up 23.8% |
| 2021 | 5,463 | 1,275 | down 5.7% |
| 2020 | 5,792 | 1,351 | up 26.5% |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 42,538 theft from vehicle incidents.
Neighborhoods with the most theft from vehicle (2025)
- Downtown West 270 incidents
- Whittier 244 incidents
- North Loop 165 incidents
- Lowry Hill East 163 incidents
- Elliot Park 132 incidents
- Prospect Park - East River Road 131 incidents
- Marcy Holmes 129 incidents
- Loring Park 126 incidents
Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.
Questions
How many theft from vehicle incidents were reported in Minneapolis in 2025?
4,864, according to Minneapolis Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is theft from vehicle going up or down in Minneapolis?
Reported theft from vehicle was down 2.3% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 28.1% 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.
Other crime types in Minneapolis
- Minneapolis other 8,504 in 2025
- Minneapolis theft 7,643 in 2025
- Minneapolis vandalism 7,024 in 2025
- Minneapolis assault 6,010 in 2025
- Minneapolis auto theft 4,817 in 2025
- Minneapolis burglary 2,299 in 2025
- Minneapolis fraud 1,357 in 2025
- Minneapolis robbery 1,010 in 2025
- Minneapolis sexual assault 686 in 2025
- Minneapolis shooting 341 in 2025
- Minneapolis homicide 7 in 2025