Photo: Gabriel Vanslette · CC BY 3.0Policing and crime in Lake Elmo, MN
Drive 10 miles in any direction and you reach 10 towns with grades of their own. No FBI crime figures of its own exist for Lake Elmo for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade. For a graded neighbor, the nearest is Oakdale (C+), 3 miles away.
The nearest Minnesota towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakdale | C+ | 3 mi | 1.5 | 16.2 |
| North St. Paul | C+ | 5 mi | 1.9 | 18.2 |
| Woodbury | B | 6 mi | 0.8 | 12.1 |
| Oak Park Heights | C− | 6 mi | 2.6 | 23.9 |
| Stillwater | B+ | 6 mi | 0.9 | 7.9 |
| Maplewood | D | 6 mi | 4.0 | 27.8 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Lake Elmo. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Lake Elmo.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Two people died in crashes on Lake Elmo’s roads in 2019–2023
Lake Elmo had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died.
That is about what is typical for Minnesota towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (3.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Lake Elmo’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Lake Elmo’s own rate (3.0) 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.
Lake Elmo and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakdale | C+ | 1.5 | 16.2 |
| Stillwater Township | — | — | — |
| West Lakeland Township | — | — | — |
| Woodbury | B | 0.8 | 12.1 |
| Baytown Township | — | — | — |
| Grant | — | — | — |
| Oak Park Heights | C− | 2.6 | 23.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Stillwater Township, West Lakeland Township, Baytown Township and Grant have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
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.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- 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 Lake Elmo
Is Lake Elmo, MN safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Lake Elmo. Lake Elmo has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest Minnesota towns with a grade are Oakdale (C+, 3 mi), North St. Paul (C+, 5 mi), Woodbury (B, 6 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Lake Elmo.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.