Reuben Freeman House · Photo: Original uploader was Appraiser at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0In Inver Grove Heights, the kinds of crime the grade counts fell 38% per resident from 2023 to 2025
Year on year, 1.7 violent crimes and 14.2 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 3.0 and 20.3 in the rest of Minnesota. Weighing it all, Inver Grove Heights earns C+ for safety (#104 of 166 graded towns in Minnesota), with close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported over 2023 to 2025. Still, of the 6 towns on its borders with figures, 3 record less crime per resident.
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 Inver Grove Heights
3 of the 6 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 7 Minnesota towns on Inver Grove Heights’ borders, 6 have a Safety Grade: Rosemount (A), Cottage Grove (A−), St. Paul Park (B), Eagan (C+), South St. Paul (C+), West St. Paul (D). Newport has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
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 Inver Grove Heights’ 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 (1.7) 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. Its property rate (14.2) 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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Inver Grove Heights property | Rest of Minnesota property | Inver Grove Heights violent | Rest of Minnesota violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 21.1 | 24.9 | 2.0 | 3.4 |
| 2023 | 18.0 | 21.8 | 1.8 | 3.1 |
| 2024 | 13.9 | 20.7 | 1.7 | 3.1 |
| 2025 | 10.6 | 18.3 | 1.7 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Inver Grove Heights | Rest of Minnesota | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Inver Grove Heights’ police reported 184 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.7 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.0 in the rest of Minnesota and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Inver Grove Heights per 1,000 residents
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.
And about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
444 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
60 violent and 384 property, as reported to the FBI by Inver Grove Heights’ police.
14 people died in crashes on Inver Grove Heights’s roads in 2019–2023
Inver Grove Heights had 13 fatal crashes in five years, in which 14 people died; 2 were pedestrians and 2 were cyclists.
That is 7.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above 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.
Inver Grove Heights and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inver Grove Heights | C+ | 1.7 | 14.2 |
| South St. Paul | C+ | 2.5 | 14.0 |
| Eagan | C+ | 1.1 | 16.9 |
| West St. Paul | D | 2.1 | 40.9 |
| St. Paul Park | B | 2.1 | 6.4 |
| Cottage Grove | A− | 0.6 | 6.6 |
| Rosemount | A | 0.6 | 4.6 |
| Newport | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Newport has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Minnesota towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inver Grove Heights | C+ | 1.7 | 14.2 |
| Savage | B+ | 0.9 | 7.2 |
| Richfield | C | 2.3 | 22.3 |
| Maplewood | D | 4.0 | 27.8 |
| Brooklyn Center | D | 6.5 | 26.0 |
| Roseville | D− | 3.4 | 73.0 |
The five graded Minnesota towns closest to Inver Grove Heights’ population (36,873), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
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 Inver Grove Heights. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Inver Grove Heights’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (36,327 in 2025); our figure for Inver Grove Heights is 36,873 (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 Inver Grove Heights
Is Inver Grove Heights, MN safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Inver Grove Heights reports more crime per resident than 56% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #104 of 166 in Minnesota. Its police reported 1.7 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 Inver Grove Heights?
1.7 violent and 14.2 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.
How many homicides were there in Inver Grove Heights in 2025?
Inver Grove Heights’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Inver Grove Heights safer than South St. Paul?
South St. Paul reports more crime per resident than Inver Grove Heights: South St. Paul grades C+ for safety and Inver Grove Heights C+. South St. Paul’s police reported 2.5 violent and 14.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Inver Grove Heights?
Inver Grove Heights’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Inver Grove Heights”. 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.