Photo: Tyler Vigen · CC BY-SA 4.0Bloomington reports more crime per resident than 88% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Bloomington’s police in 2023–2025, it grades D for safety: #158 of 166 graded towns in Minnesota.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of MN” is every other Minnesota city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Bloomington
7 of the 7 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 7 Minnesota towns on Bloomington’s borders, 7 have a Safety Grade: Savage (B+), Eden Prairie (B), Mendota Heights (B), Edina (B−), Eagan (C+), Burnsville (C), Richfield (C). Neighbors ↓
A job center
Bloomington has 81,351 jobs based in town for 89,034 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Bloomington’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (3.0) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime is falling
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Minnesota.
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| Year | Bloomington property | Rest of Minnesota property | Bloomington violent | Rest of Minnesota violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 37.4 | 24.5 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
| 2023 | 39.2 | 21.4 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| 2024 | 34.6 | 20.3 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| 2025 | 28.1 | 18.0 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 28 property crimes reported
And about 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Bloomington’s police reported 787 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.0 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.0 in the rest of Minnesota and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Bloomington | Rest of Minnesota | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
2,721 crimes reported in 2025
250 violent and 2,471 property, as reported to the FBI by Bloomington’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
21 people died in crashes on Bloomington’s roads in 2019–2023
Bloomington had 21 fatal crashes in five years, in which 21 people died; 7 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist. 6 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 4.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as the median for Minnesota towns of 25,000–100,000 people (4.2, 40 towns).
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Bloomington and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomington | D | 3.0 | 34.0 |
| Savage | B+ | 0.9 | 7.2 |
| Burnsville | C | 2.1 | 17.9 |
| Eagan | C+ | 1.1 | 16.9 |
| Edina | B− | 0.7 | 15.4 |
| Eden Prairie | B | 0.6 | 12.4 |
| Richfield | C | 2.3 | 22.3 |
| Mendota Heights | B | 1.4 | 9.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Minnesota towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomington | D | 3.0 | 34.0 |
| Lakeville | A− | 0.9 | 5.9 |
| Plymouth | B+ | 0.6 | 9.8 |
| Woodbury | B | 0.8 | 12.1 |
| Brooklyn Park | C− | 3.4 | 23.7 |
| Duluth | C− | 2.4 | 29.7 |
The five graded Minnesota towns closest to Bloomington’s population (89,034), by grade.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Bloomington. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Bloomington’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (87,974 in 2025); our figure for Bloomington is 89,034 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Bloomington
Is Bloomington, MN safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Bloomington reports more crime per resident than 88% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #158 of 166 in Minnesota. Its police reported 3.0 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.0 in the rest of Minnesota and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Bloomington?
3.0 violent and 34.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Minnesota reports 3.0 and 19.9; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Bloomington?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Bloomington in 2025?
Bloomington’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 1.1 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Bloomington safer than Savage?
Savage reports less crime per resident than Bloomington: Savage grades B+ for safety and Bloomington D. Savage’s police reported 0.9 violent and 7.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Bloomington?
Bloomington’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Bloomington”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.