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Minneapolis Police Department

City agencyMN0271100NIBRS since 2019LEMAS 2020Founded 1867

Hennepin County, Minnesota

Serves ~428,057 residents · UCR reported

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The Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) is the primary law enforcement agency in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. It is also the largest police department in Minnesota. Formed in 1867, it is the second-oldest police department in Minnesota, after the Saint Paul Police Department that formed in 1854. A short-lived Board of Police Commissioners existed from 1887 to 1890.

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Crime & staffing trends

Reported offenses by year

Summary Reporting System counts from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Staffing by year

Police employment counts reported to the FBI UCR program.

NIBRS incident detail

NIBRS victims by offense · Jan 2021Dec 2024

Incident-based victim counts reported through NIBRS, from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Motor Vehicle Theft: victim & offender age · 24,166 victims, 28,803 offenders
Victim sex
Male13,737 (57%)
Female10,078 (42%)
Unknown351 (1%)
Victim race
White10,591 (61%)
Black or African American5,975 (35%)
Asian499 (3%)
American Indian or Alaska Native133 (1%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander59 (0%)
Incident location
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk17,201 (68%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage5,773 (23%)
Residence/Home1,464 (6%)
Service/Gas Station247 (1%)
Park/Playground198 (1%)
Other/Unknown76 (0%)

Top 6 of 36 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown92 (54%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)29 (17%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend13 (8%)
Stranger12 (7%)
Acquaintance9 (5%)
Friend4 (2%)

Top 6 of 11 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property710 (42%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering274 (16%)
Theft From Motor Vehicle172 (10%)
All Other Larceny128 (8%)
Aggravated Assault76 (5%)
Credit Card/Automated Teller Machine Fraud56 (3%)

Top 6 of 29 categories shown.

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
812
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
140
Part-time civilian
0
Total FT employees
952
Population served
433,111
Operating budget
$193,001,000
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: yes

Source: BJS LEMAS 2020 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
2013840129$136,098,777
2007852205$119,687,375
2003800250$98,000,000
2000902261$91,481,322
1999917280
1997890250
1993850158
1990806106
198770995

Staffing as reported in each BJS LEMAS survey wave; wave links go to the ICPSR study pages.

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
622
Civilians (2025)
298

Reported annually to the FBI UCR program; full history charted above.

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