Where to Find 5th Precinct Crime Data and Alerts

The Police Incidents 2026 dataset on the city's open-data portal is updated daily and can be filtered by neighborhood and date. It is the file behind most of the trend numbers cited at precinct meetings, and each row is one report tied to a block-level address, such as the 0015XX block of Lagoon Avenue, rather than an exact location. Filtered to East Isles for the 30 days ending June 4, 2026, the file returns 23 reports, 14 of them vehicle crimes, the share that defines property crime in the lakes neighborhoods.

The portal also hosts the city's Crime Dashboard, which charts the same reports and lets users compare a chosen period against the year before. That year-over-year view is the practical way to separate a real cluster of vehicle prowls on adjacent blocks from ordinary week-to-week noise. The data reflects reported incidents only, which is why filing even a minor report matters: a theft that is never logged never appears on the map.

Most of Lowry Hill, Lowry Hill East and the surrounding lakes neighborhoods sit in the Minneapolis Police Department's 5th Precinct, which works southwest Minneapolis from its station at 3101 Nicollet Ave. S.; the precinct line is 612-673-5705. The precinct's crime-prevention specialist for Ward 7, Faith Randal, can be reached at 612-673-5407 and advises residents on filing and on block-level fixes.

For day-to-day awareness, SpotCrime maps the same incident data and sends email alerts, and the volunteer-run "South Minneapolis Crime Watch & Information 5th Precinct" Facebook group is where neighbors post timestamped reports and camera footage, often faster than any official feed. Both are community-sourced and best treated as tips, not confirmed records.

A few habits keep the tools useful rather than alarming. Filter to your own neighborhood and a sensible date range before drawing conclusions. Separate the categories, since theft from a motor vehicle is the local norm while violent offenses remain comparatively rare here. And remember that one map point is one report, never a verdict.