Photo: Myotus · CC BY-SA 4.0New Brighton records less violent crime per head than 66% of U.S. towns
Annual rates stand at 1.0 violent crime and 11.7 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 3.0 and 20.3 in the rest of Minnesota. Overall, New Brighton grades B for safety (#76 of 166 graded towns in Minnesota): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported in 2023–2025. Both towns on its borders with figures record more 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 New Brighton
New Brighton reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 3 Minnesota towns on New Brighton’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Mounds View (B), St. Anthony (C−). Arden Hills has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind New Brighton’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds New Brighton’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (11.7) 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
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| Year | New Brighton | Rest of Minnesota | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.4 | 3.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
New Brighton’s police reported 69 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.0 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 New Brighton 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 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | New Brighton property | Rest of Minnesota property | New Brighton violent | Rest of Minnesota violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 18.6 | 24.9 | 1.4 | 3.4 |
| 2023 | 12.9 | 21.8 | 1.0 | 3.1 |
| 2024 | 12.2 | 20.7 | 0.9 | 3.1 |
| 2025 | 10.0 | 18.3 | 1.2 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Minnesota.
247 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.
26 violent and 221 property, as reported to the FBI by New Brighton’s police.
Three people died in crashes on New Brighton’s roads in 2019–2023
New Brighton had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died. Most of these deaths (2 of 3) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
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 New Brighton’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so New Brighton’s own rate (2.6) 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.
New Brighton and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Brighton | B | 1.0 | 11.7 |
| Arden Hills | — | — | — |
| Mounds View | B | 1.7 | 10.0 |
| St. Anthony | C− | 1.6 | 27.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Arden Hills has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Minnesota towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Brighton | B | 1.0 | 11.7 |
| Northfield | B− | 1.5 | 10.8 |
| Columbia Heights | C | 2.9 | 17.7 |
| Willmar | C | 4.0 | 13.5 |
| Crystal | C− | 2.9 | 21.9 |
| West St. Paul | D | 2.1 | 40.9 |
The five graded Minnesota towns closest to New Brighton’s population (22,159), 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 New Brighton. 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 New Brighton’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (22,189 in 2025); our figure for New Brighton is 22,159 (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 New Brighton
Is New Brighton, MN safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, New Brighton reports less crime per resident than 57% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #76 of 166 in Minnesota. Its police reported 1.0 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 New Brighton?
1.0 violent and 11.7 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 New Brighton safer than Mounds View?
Mounds View reports more crime per resident than New Brighton: Mounds View grades B for safety and New Brighton B. Mounds View’s police reported 1.7 violent and 10.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices New Brighton?
New Brighton’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “New Brighton”. 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.