Wedge Weekly: Vehicle Break-Ins Cluster on Three Blocks

This roundup gathers recent property-crime reports in the Lowry Hill and East Isles neighborhoods, drawn from the Minneapolis Police Department's Police Incidents 2026 dataset on the city's open-data portal. Per our crime policy, only the block is named, never a household or an unconvicted person.

[unverifiable: the available MPD open-data records carry no incidents tagged to Lowry Hill East (the Wedge) for this period, so this blotter covers the adjacent Lowry Hill and East Isles areas where the recent reports actually fall.]

The mix was overwhelmingly theft from vehicles and auto theft rather than violence. Two blocks stand out for repeat reports:

1800 block of Girard Avenue South (Lowry Hill): theft of motor-vehicle parts on May 18 and again on May 24, a residential burglary and a bike theft on May 14, and theft from a motor vehicle on May 12.

2700 block of Irving Avenue South (East Isles): theft from a motor vehicle on May 27, May 20 and May 13, and a residential burglary on May 21.

Other recent reports include an automobile theft on the 1100 block of Summit Avenue (June 1), theft of motor-vehicle parts on the 800 block of Mount Curve Avenue (May 22), a robbery of a person on the 1900 block of Humboldt Avenue South (May 29), and bike thefts on the 2400 blocks of Humboldt and Hennepin avenues (June 2 and May 25).

The 5th Precinct encourages residents to report through 311 or in person and notes that time-stamped video is often the most useful evidence. The repeat clustering on Girard and Irving is a reminder of the basics for car owners: lock up, leave nothing visible, and report even minor incidents so officers can see the pattern.