CurrentCrimeMap

Data through August 2026, Minneapolis Police Department

Crime in Minneapolis, MN

The violent crime rate in Minneapolis is 1,011 per 100,000 residents per year over the 12 months to August 2026, 131% above the average of the 302 cities and county areas we cover. That is −4% compared with the previous 12 months.

View of the Minneapolis Skyline and the Mississippi River from North Minneapolis.
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The numbers

12 months to Aug 2026

Violent crime

1,011 per 100,000 residents, per year

4,326 reported in the 12 months to Aug 2026

−4% vs. the previous 12 months

Property crime

4,687 per 100,000 residents, per year

20,063 reported in the 12 months to Aug 2026

−2% vs. the previous 12 months

All reported

5,698 per 100,000 residents, per year

24,389 reported in the 12 months to Aug 2026

Annual rates: reported incidents over the last 12 months per 100,000 residents (population 428,057, U.S. Census).

What counts as violent and property crime

Counted the FBI's way, the same for every city: violent crime is homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, theft, vehicle theft and arson. Simple assault is not counted as violent. How we count

Where Minneapolis sits among covered places

violent, per 100k, per year

1,011

Minneapolis has the 22nd-highest rate of the 302 cities and county areas on this site, higher than 280 of the other 301.

Carmel 51avg 437Detroit 1,632

The ring is Minneapolis; the tick is the average of all 302 cities and county areas.

PlaceViolent per 100kRank
Lafayette, LA1,10417
Shreveport, LA1,04518
Evansville, IN1,03319
Albuquerque, NM1,01620
Anchorage, AK1,01521
Minneapolis, MN1,01122
Stockton, CA96823
Springfield, MA93224
San Bernardino, CA89625
Kansas City, KS88626
Topeka, KS88227

The places closest to Minneapolis in the ranking, highest rate first. See all 302 cities and county areas

Minneapolis crime map

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SaferHigher rateViolent crimes per 100,000 residents per year, for each whole city. The colors are not crime locations.

The FBI publishes citywide totals from Minneapolis Police Department, not where each crime happened, so this map fills Minneapolis and the 8 covered cities around it with each one’s whole-city rate instead of plotting crimes.

Of the 8 covered cities nearest Minneapolis, all 8 have a lower violent crime rate. The closest is St. Paul, MN, 8 miles away.

Minneapolis and the covered places nearest to it, with each one’s violent crime rate and distance
PlaceViolent per 100kDistance
Minneapolis, MN1,011
St. Paul, MN4858 mi
Rochester, MN13976 mi
Sioux Falls, SD347198 mi
Fargo, ND360216 mi
Cedar Rapids, IA247222 mi
Madison, WI212231 mi
Des Moines, IA661235 mi
Green Bay, WI532261 mi
About the colors and distances

Colors use the same scale as the rest of the site, from the lowest to the highest violent crime rate among the 302 cities and county areas we cover. City outlines from the U.S. Census Bureau. Distances are straight-line, between city centers.

Reported crime by type

12 months to Aug 2026
  • RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent, 917 reported214−24% vs. a year ago
  • HomicideViolent, 49 reported11−26% vs. a year ago
  • TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty, 6,877 reported1,607−6% vs. a year ago
  • Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty, 5,430 reported1,269+4% vs. a year ago
  • Vehicle theftProperty, 5,278 reported1,233−3% vs. a year ago
  • BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty, 2,394 reported559−2% vs. a year ago
See the table
OffenseReportedPer 100kvs. previous monthvs. a year earlier
RobberyViolent917214—−24%
HomicideViolent4911—−26%
TheftProperty6,8771,607—−6%
Theft from vehiclesProperty5,4301,269—+4%
Vehicle theftProperty5,2781,233—−3%
BurglaryProperty2,394559—−2%
About these categories

Homicide, robbery, burglary, theft and vehicle theft come from the same reports Minneapolis Police Department sends the FBI. Theft from vehicles is NIBRS codes 23F and 23G (items and parts taken from a vehicle) and theft is the rest of larceny. Robbery is part of violent crime and the others of property crime; assault and rape count in violent crime but are not listed separately, so the rows do not add up to the totals. Red means more than before, green means fewer. “Not yet” means the site does not have that month from a year earlier.

Against other places of 100,000+ residents: vehicle theft (2nd highest rate of 155), robbery (4th highest rate of 152) and burglary (11th highest rate of 168).

Month by month

Sep 2025 to Aug 2026

Violent crime −4%

0200400600SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug345441
Violent crimes per month in Minneapolis, MN, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026 and a year earlier
MonthViolent crimesMonth a year earlierViolent crimes
Sep 2025386Sep 2024474
Oct 2025377Oct 2024395
Nov 2025335Nov 2024422
Dec 2025318Dec 2024339
Jan 2026328Jan 2025305
Feb 2026313Feb 2025276
Mar 2026326Mar 2025320
Apr 2026351Apr 2025310
May 2026400May 2025392
Jun 2026425Jun 2025425
Jul 2026422Jul 2025412
Aug 2026345Aug 2025441

Homicides −26%

051015SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug16
Homicides per month in Minneapolis, MN, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026 and a year earlier
MonthHomicidesMonth a year earlierHomicides
Sep 202510Sep 20249
Oct 20252Oct 20246
Nov 20254Nov 20246
Dec 20256Dec 20245
Jan 20261Jan 20253
Feb 20264Feb 20253
Mar 20263Mar 20251
Apr 20265Apr 20259
May 20265May 20254
Jun 20265Jun 20256
Jul 20263Jul 20258
Aug 20261Aug 20256

27 in 2026 through August, 40 in the same months of 2025. Compare with other places

Every month since Sep 2023
Reported crime per month in Minneapolis, MN
MonthViolentPropertyHomicides
Aug 20263451,8331
Jul 20264221,7963
Jun 20264251,7095
May 20264001,9155
Apr 20263511,6695
Mar 20263261,6113
Feb 20263131,4714
Jan 20263281,4941
Dec 20253181,3426
Nov 20253351,4774
Oct 20253771,9762
Sep 20253861,77010
Aug 20254412,0056
Jul 20254121,8268
Jun 20254251,7566
May 20253921,6674
Apr 20253101,3719
Mar 20253201,3751
Feb 20252761,2513
Jan 20253051,5233
Dec 20243391,5845
Nov 20244221,7406
Oct 20243952,2346
Sep 20244742,1739
Aug 20244482,2237
Jul 20245022,07111
Jun 20244711,9374
May 20244561,86210
Apr 20243671,6176
Mar 20243141,4433
Feb 20243821,4546
Jan 20243781,6014
Dec 20234111,76213
Nov 20234161,69510
Oct 20234071,9114
Sep 20234221,8164

How Minneapolis compares

per 100k, per year

Similar size

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
2Oakland, CA1,4755,255444,211Dec 2025
22Minneapolis, MN1,0114,687428,057Aug 2026
30Tulsa, OK8413,291415,528Apr 2026
52Aurora, CO7112,297407,319Sep 2026
72Long Beach, CA6212,553447,317Dec 2025
106Bakersfield, CA4942,245420,589Sep 2026
158Arlington, TX3451,726406,035Sep 2026
164Tampa, FL338994421,313Feb 2026
262New Castle County, DE (County Police)137551439,696May 2026
277Virginia Beach, VA1111,402454,805Aug 2026

The 10 places closest to Minneapolis in population, Minneapolis included, highest violent crime rate first.

Same state

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
22Minneapolis, MN1,0114,687428,057Aug 2026
108St. Paul, MN4852,686307,657Sep 2026
260Rochester, MN1391,104124,142Sep 2026

All 3 places in Minnesota on this site, highest violent crime rate first.

Nearby

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
22Minneapolis, MN1,0114,687428,057Aug 2026
61Des Moines, IA6612,257212,933Sep 2026
75Davenport, IA6112,726100,761Sep 2026
92Green Bay, WI5321,174106,069Mar 2026
108St. Paul, MN4852,686307,657Sep 2026
148Fargo, ND3602,761138,990Aug 2026
156Sioux Falls, SD3472,123213,449Feb 2026
201Cedar Rapids, IA2471,900137,918Sep 2026
229Madison, WI2121,854287,992Mar 2026
260Rochester, MN1391,104124,142Sep 2026

The 9 places on this site closest to Minneapolis by distance, highest violent crime rate first.

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to

Figures are what each agency reports to the FBI, over the last 12 months it has reported in full, so the months differ. See all 302 cities and county areas in the rankings

Compare Minneapolis side by side with St. Paul, Tampa or Bakersfield, or with any other place.

Other cities in Minnesota

2 city pages, closest first

Minnesota as a whole has 224 violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year, as reported to the FBI over the 12 months to Jun 2026; Minneapolis’s rate is 352% above the state’s.

St. PaulRochester

All 3 cities in Minnesota

Common questions

answered with the data above
Is Minneapolis safe?

By reported violent crime, Minneapolis is well above the average of the 302 cities and county areas on this site: 1,011 violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year over the 12 months to August 2026, −4% versus the previous 12 months. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood, so the citywide figure is only a starting point.

Is there a crime map for Minneapolis?

This site does not have one for Minneapolis. The figures on this page come from the FBI, which receives city totals rather than locations, so CurrentCrimeMap shows how Minneapolis compares with nearby places such as St. Paul, MN instead of a street-level map.

What is the crime rate in Minneapolis?

1,011 violent and 4,687 property crimes per 100,000 residents per year, based on 24,389 incidents reported to Minneapolis Police Department over the 12 months to August 2026. Violent crime includes 917 robberies (property taken by force or threat); property crime includes 2,394 burglaries, 5,430 thefts from vehicles and 6,877 other thefts.

Is crime in Minneapolis going up or down?

It is going down: violent crime −4% and property crime −2% over the last 12 months compared with the 12 months before.

How many homicides has Minneapolis had in 2026?

Minneapolis Police Department reported 27 homicides from January to August 2026, the latest month it has reported in full, against 40 in the same months of 2025. Over the 12 months to Aug 2026 the count was 49, or 11 per 100,000 residents.

Where does the data come from?

From Minneapolis Police Department, via FBI Crime Data Explorer (dataset MN0271100). We count reported incidents by month and offense type and divide by the Census population. Reported crime undercounts actual crime; see the methodology page for what the numbers leave out.

Moving to or visiting Minneapolis

12 months to August 2026
What most people ask aboutReportedPer 100kvs. the 12 months before
RobberyTaking property by force or threat917214−24%
BurglaryEntering a home or business to steal2,394559−2%
Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins included5,4301,269+4%
Vehicle theft5,2781,233−3%

What these numbers leave out: most crime never reaches the police. In the federal victim survey (BJS, 2024), about half of violent crimes and less than a third of property crimes were reported, and only a quarter of everyday thefts. Rates are per resident, so busy downtowns and tourist areas look worse than they are for the people who visit them.

The official source is FBI Crime Data Explorer. For what to look for, and what not to read into a rate, see how to read US crime numbers.

Source and dates

MN0271100
Source
Minneapolis Police Department, via FBI Crime Data Explorer (dataset MN0271100)
Latest complete month
August 2026
History on this site
September 2023 to August 2026 (44 months)
Update schedule
Minneapolis Police Department reports monthly to the FBI under the national NIBRS standard. We refresh every morning and publish the most recent 12 months the agency has reported in full.
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Monthly counts by offense (JSON)