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A burning building after a night of rioting in Minneapolis in 2020. Violent crime statistics present a particularly concerning aspect of the city's crime landscape. [6] Minneapolis's violent crime rate of 1,155 crimes per 100,000 residents is more than three times higher than the state average and nearly twice the national average. [7]
Minneapolis has more than twenty gangs with over 1,000 gang members. Police say gangs account for at least half of the violent crime in Minneapolis. [68] [69] Tensions between gangs and the Minneapolis Police Department were high following the acquittal of officers in the Rodney King beating trial in Los Angeles. [70]
The following table of United States cities by crime rate is based on Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) statistics from 2019 for the 100 most populous cities in America that have reported data to the FBI UCR system. [1] The population numbers are based on U.S. Census estimates for the year end.
Ten alleged members of a Minneapolis gang accused of “terrorizing” a city neighborhood have been charged with a range of federal crimes including possession of a machine gun and drug ...
This list includes notable permanent geographic sections in Minneapolis, such as unofficial neighborhood, commercial districts, residential areas, and other defined places. The list excludes streets, venues, transit stops, trails, government facilities, lakes, parks, and events.
The Minneapolis Police Department reported the first shooting took place Saturday just before 4:45 a.m., at a homeless encampment about two miles southeast of downtown.
The shooting began on the evening of May 30, 2024. [2] Residents at an apartment building near the intersection of Blaisdell Avenue and West 22nd Avenue in Whittier, a neighborhood south of downtown Minneapolis, [3] [4] heard four or five gunshots. [2]
Since George Floyd's 2020 murder, the Minneapolis Police Department has spent at least $2.5 million on training and recruitment, but some community members say that has not translated to trust.