Photo: Iulus Ascanius at English Wikipedia · Public domainThe crimes the grade counts rose 84% per resident in North St. Paul from 2023 to 2025
All told, North St. Paul grades C+ for safety (#128 of 166 graded towns in Minnesota): more crime per resident than 65% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Still, in a usual year, 1.9 violent crimes and 18.2 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the rest of Minnesota, 3.0 and 20.2.
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 North St. Paul
North St. Paul reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 1 Minnesota towns on North St. Paul’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Maplewood (D). Neighbors ↓
Among Minnesota towns, lower
Minnesota’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so North St. Paul’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 23% of the 166 Minnesota towns we grade, against 35% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Reported crime is rising
Crime reported per resident rose 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 North St. Paul’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 (1.9) 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 per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | North St. Paul property | Rest of Minnesota property | North St. Paul violent | Rest of Minnesota violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 18.0 | 24.9 | 1.1 | 3.4 |
| 2023 | 13.3 | 21.8 | 1.5 | 3.1 |
| 2024 | 16.5 | 20.6 | 1.9 | 3.1 |
| 2025 | 24.9 | 18.2 | 2.3 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident rose 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 | North St. Paul | Rest of Minnesota | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
North St. Paul’s police reported 72 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.9 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 North St. Paul 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.
347 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.
29 violent and 318 property, as reported to the FBI by North St. Paul’s police.
Two people died in crashes on North St. Paul’s roads in 2019–2023
North St. Paul 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 North St. Paul’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so North St. Paul’s own rate (3.2) 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.
North St. Paul and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| North St. Paul | C+ | 1.9 | 18.2 |
| Maplewood | D | 4.0 | 27.8 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Minnesota towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| North St. Paul | C+ | 1.9 | 18.2 |
| North Branch | A | 0.7 | 3.2 |
| Big Lake | A− | 0.9 | 4.0 |
| St. Peter | A− | 0.9 | 6.0 |
| Cloquet | B | 1.9 | 5.9 |
| Mounds View | B | 1.7 | 10.0 |
The five graded Minnesota towns closest to North St. Paul’s population (12,780), 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 North St. Paul. 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 North St. Paul’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (12,766 in 2025); our figure for North St. Paul is 12,780 (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 North St. Paul
Is North St. Paul, MN safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, North St. Paul reports more crime per resident than 65% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #128 of 166 in Minnesota. Its police reported 1.9 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 North St. Paul?
1.9 violent and 18.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Minnesota reports 3.0 and 20.2; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is North St. Paul safer than Maplewood?
Maplewood reports more crime per resident than North St. Paul: Maplewood grades D for safety and North St. Paul C+. Maplewood’s police reported 4.0 violent and 27.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices North St. Paul?
North St. Paul’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “North St. Paul”. 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.