Safest Neighborhoods in Minneapolis
Brian Moen at east-lake.net (with a little help from Dave Braun at Minneapolis Issues Forum) crunches the numbers from last year’s Minneapolis crime reports and ranks the 11 Minneapolis communities for safety.
The list:
1. Nokomis
1. Southwest (tie)
3. Calhoun-Isles
4. Longfellow
5. University
6. Northeast
7. Powderhorn
8. Camden
9. Central
10. Phillips
11. Near North
Any surprises? I’d have thought Northeast might rank a little lower.
Here are some notes on each neighborhood from Dave Braun:
1. Nokomis: Was safest or next-safest in every category but arson, where it was 4th safest of 11.
2. Southwest: Safest or next-safest in every category but homicide (4th safest) and arson (tied for 3rd-safest).
3. Calhoun-Isles: Safest in arson, usually ranked third-safest; however, third-worst in theft (I think the big retail district accounts for this; commercial activity does not show up in the population factoring.
4. Longfellow: Generally in the safest quartile except for theft, motor vehicle theft and arson, where it was middle-of-the-pack.
5. University: third-worst in total crimes because it was second-worst in theft (by far the category with the most offenses). Middle-of-the-pack otherwise, but had third-lowest homicide rate.
6. Northeast: Middle-of-the-pack in most categories but fourth-worst in burglary, theft and arson.
7. Powderhorn: Middle-of-the-pack except for fourth-worst in homicide and robbery.
8. Camden: third-safest for thefts, but bottom half in everything else and second-highest arson and burglary rates.
9. Central: Highest theft, rape, robbery and total crime rates. Numbers almost certainly distorted by Downtown’s high worker population, which population factoring doesn’t account for. Third-best in arsons.
10. Phillips: highest motor-vehicle theft rate. Second-highest homicide and assault rate. Best ranking was middle-of-the-pack theft rate.
11. Near North. First or second least safe in every category except theft, where it was fifth safest.
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Are there some neighborhoods missing from this, or where they grouped in to the ones listed?
Specifically, there are several other areas of North Mpls, also I wonder if Seward is included with University, and Stevens Square, Elliot Park, etc in with “Central” or what? (Seems weird if Powderhorn get’s to be outside of Central but Bancroft, Corcoran, Stevens, etc are lumped in it with Downtown?)
It’s by communities, not neighborhoods, which always confuses me a little. [map] I should have made that a little clearer.