Photo: Widgetkid · CC BY-SA 4.0Edina reports less violent crime than most U.S. towns, but more property crime
Overall, Edina grades B− for safety (#91 of 166 graded towns in Minnesota): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
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 Edina
1 of the 7 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 7 Minnesota towns on Edina’s borders, 7 have a Safety Grade: Eden Prairie (B), Minnetonka (B−), Hopkins (C+), Richfield (C), St. Louis Park (C−), Bloomington (D), Minneapolis (D−). Neighbors ↓
A job center
Edina has 69,021 jobs based in town for 54,356 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 Edina’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Edina’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (15.4) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Edina’s police reported 109 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.7 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 | Edina | Rest of Minnesota | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.9 | 3.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.7 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
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 | Edina property | Rest of Minnesota property | Edina violent | Rest of Minnesota violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 19.8 | 24.9 | 0.9 | 3.4 |
| 2023 | 18.0 | 21.8 | 0.8 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 14.9 | 20.7 | 0.7 | 3.1 |
| 2025 | 13.5 | 18.3 | 0.5 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 14 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, 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.
752 crimes reported in 2025
28 violent and 724 property, as reported to the FBI by Edina’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Three people died in crashes on Edina’s roads in 2019–2023
Edina had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died.
That is fewer than is typical for Minnesota towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (4.2 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Edina’s size would see about 11 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Edina’s own rate (1.1) is context, not a ranking.
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.
Edina and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edina | B− | 0.7 | 15.4 |
| Bloomington | D | 3.0 | 34.0 |
| Hopkins | C+ | 2.7 | 14.3 |
| St. Louis Park | C− | 1.5 | 32.2 |
| Eden Prairie | B | 0.6 | 12.4 |
| Minnetonka | B− | 1.0 | 15.4 |
| Minneapolis | D− | 11.0 | 49.6 |
| Richfield | C | 2.3 | 22.3 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Minnesota towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edina | B− | 0.7 | 15.4 |
| Shakopee | B− | 1.1 | 12.2 |
| Coon Rapids | C+ | 1.8 | 15.4 |
| Apple Valley | C+ | 2.2 | 16.5 |
| Moorhead | C− | 4.0 | 16.6 |
| Mankato | C− | 2.8 | 25.3 |
The five graded Minnesota towns closest to Edina’s population (54,356), 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 Edina. 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 Edina’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (53,617 in 2025); our figure for Edina is 54,356 (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 Edina
Is Edina, MN safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Edina reports less crime per resident than 51% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #91 of 166 in Minnesota. Its police reported 0.7 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 Edina?
0.7 violent and 15.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Minnesota reports 3.0 and 20.3; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Edina?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Edina in 2025?
Edina’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 1.9 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Edina safer than Bloomington?
Bloomington reports more crime per resident than Edina: Bloomington grades D for safety and Edina B−. Bloomington’s police reported 3.0 violent and 34.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Edina?
Edina’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Edina”. 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.