Community safety · Minneapolis · data through November 2026

How safe is University, Minneapolis?

University, Minneapolis covers 7 neighborhoods in SafeRoute's Minneapolis index. Its median safety index is 52/100 — below the citywide median of 55, so more is reported around a typical neighborhood here than across Minneapolis. Mid - City Industrial scores highest at 66/100; Marcy Holmes lowest at 35/100.

These figures describe reported crime around each neighborhood's center — they are informational, not a judgment of any community. 0 of 7 neighborhoods here rate low risk, 4 moderate, 3 elevated and 0 high risk.

Every neighborhood in University, safest first

Neighborhood	Index	Band	Incidents
1 Mid - City Industrial	66/100	Moderate	264
2 Como	63/100	Moderate	286
3 Prospect Park - East River Road	60/100	Moderate	313
4 University of Minnesota	52/100	Moderate	423
5 Cedar Riverside	42/100	Elevated	540
6 Nicollet Island - East Bank	38/100	Elevated	826
7 Marcy Holmes	35/100	Elevated	963

How University compares across Minneapolis

Communities (safest first)	Median index	Neighborhoods
Southwest	80/100	9
Nokomis	72/100	11
Camden	64/100	9
Longfellow	59/100	5
Calhoun Isle	57/100	9
Northeast	55/100	13
University (this page)	52/100	7
Near North	44/100	6
Powderhorn	33/100	8
Phillips	27/100	4
Central	23/100	6

Common questions

What is the safest neighborhood in University, Minneapolis?

Mid - City Industrial has the highest SafeRoute safety index in University, Minneapolis, at 66/100 (moderate), from 264 reported incidents within 1 km of its center. Como (63/100) and Prospect Park - East River Road (60/100) follow.

Which neighborhood in University, Minneapolis has the most reported crime?

Marcy Holmes has the lowest index in University, Minneapolis, at 35/100, with 963 reported incidents within 1 km of its center. A low score means more is reported around that center, which busy commercial and transport areas produce simply by having more people in them — it is not a measure of how dangerous a resident's street is.

Is University, Minneapolis safe?

Across its 7 neighborhoods the median SafeRoute safety index is 52/100, against 55 across Minneapolis. 0 rate low risk, 4 moderate, 3 elevated and 0 high risk. These describe reported crime only and vary widely within the community — check the individual neighborhood rather than reading one number for the whole of it.

How is the SafeRoute safety index calculated?

SafeRoute weights each incident reported to the Minneapolis Police Department by severity (violence weighs more than shoplifting), sums the last available period within 1 km of the neighborhood center, and normalizes against citywide crime rates onto a 0–100 scale — higher is safer. It describes reported crime only; it is not a guarantee of safety. The figure shown for University, Minneapolis is the median of its 7 neighborhoods — the community is not measured separately.

Methodology

Each incident reported to the Minneapolis Police Department (via Minneapolis Open Data) is weighted by severity — violence counts for more than shoplifting. For every neighborhood we sum weighted incidents within 1 km of its center, and normalize against citywide rates onto a 0–100 index, higher = safer. Boundaries are the city's own 87 neighborhoods, grouped by its own 11 communities. Minneapolis wraps its neighborhoods around real lakes, so a centre that would otherwise land on open water is moved to the built-up part of the same neighborhood — never onto a neighbouring one. The time SafeRoute reads is when an incident was reported, not when it occurred, so time-of-day patterns are not shown. Pages regenerate as new data is published.

The index compares neighborhoods within Minneapolis. It is not comparable between cities: each police force publishes a different set of offences over a different period — Minneapolis's figures cannot be read against another city's on the same 0–100 scale.