Violent crimes soared by 21% in Minneapolis last year, adding a painful coda to the city’s struggles in coping with a deadly pandemic and widespread protests against racial injustice.
The city recorded 5,422 violent crime incidents, including homicides, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults, according to preliminary year-end Minneapolis police statistics. That is a dramatic jump over the previous five years, which averaged roughly 4,496 such crimes. Property crime saw a more modest 10% increase.
