Safety index · Longfellow, Minneapolis · data through September 2026
Is Seward safe?
Seward records more reported crime than most Minneapolis neighborhoods. Its SafeRoute safety index is 50 out of 100 — 11 points below the citywide median of 61, ranking 58th of 87 Minneapolis neighborhoods — based on 433 incidents reported to the MPD within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 8 months to September 2026.
DATA THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2026 · 8 MONTHS OF DATA
The 0–100 scale is calibrated to Minneapolis — a typical Minneapolis neighborhood sits near 61. It ranks Seward against other neighborhoods here, and cannot be read against a score in another city.
Most of what's reported here is property-related — vehicle crime alone is 50% of reports — rather than violence against strangers, though the full mix below is worth a look.
Reported incidents here skew to daytime and evening hours — only about 10% of severity-weighted reports fall overnight (midnight–6 a.m.).
Where incidents cluster
What's reported here
| Vehicle crime | 216 · 50% | |
| Burglary | 60 · 14% | |
| Violent crime | 39 · 9% | |
| Other theft | 78 · 18% | |
| Sexual offences | 9 · 2% | |
| Robbery | 9 · 2% |
When it happens
Severity-weighted share of reported incidents by time of day, from police incident timestamps.
Walking in Seward at night?
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Common questions
Is Seward safe at night?
Moderate overall (safety index 50/100). About 30% of severity-weighted incidents in Seward are reported between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. At night, prefer lit, busier streets — a block or two of detour often avoids the clusters on the map above.
What is the most common crime in Seward?
Vehicle crime — 216 of 433 incidents (50%) reported within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 8 months to September 2026.
How is the Seward 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 scale is calibrated within Minneapolis, so scores compare neighborhoods to each other and cannot be read against another city's.