Our friend Mark Perry notes that car thefts in Minneapolis this year over the months of January and February per 100,000 residents are almost 9 times the rate in Chicago: 246.3 vs. 28.5. That’s based on 776 motor vehicle thefts in Chicago with a population of 2.72 million vs. 1,054 auto thefts in Minneapolis, with a population of 428,000.
Mark thinks this is news and asks where the local press is. It might be otherwise occupied by the illusion that United States Attorney Dan Rosen will be held in contempt and carted off to prison in shackles as Minnesota’s federal district bench oversees ICE’s “Department of Lost and Found.” On the other hand, the local press might just be slow on the pick-up.
Total Insanity!! Car thefts in Minneapolis this year in Jan/Feb per 100,000 residents are almost 9X the rate in Chicago: 246.3 vs. 28.5. That's based on 776 motor vehicle thefts in Chicago with a population of 2.72 million vs. 1,054 auto thefts in Minneapolis, with a population… pic.twitter.com/fN1UiPYOEg
— Mark J. Perry (@Mark_J_Perry) March 6, 2026
