More property crime is recorded per resident in Oakdale than in 68% of U.S. towns
For every 1,000 residents, 1.5 violent crimes and 16.2 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the rest of Minnesota, the figures are 3.0 and 20.2. Oakdale grades C+ for safety overall (#112 of 166 graded towns in Minnesota): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 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 Oakdale
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 Minnesota towns on Oakdale’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Woodbury (B). Lake Elmo and Mahtomedi have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Oakdale’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Oakdale’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (16.2) 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Oakdale | Rest of Minnesota | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Oakdale’s police reported 133 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.5 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 Oakdale 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 | Oakdale property | Rest of Minnesota property | Oakdale violent | Rest of Minnesota violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 29.2 | 24.8 | 1.6 | 3.4 |
| 2023 | 17.1 | 21.8 | 1.4 | 3.1 |
| 2024 | 17.6 | 20.6 | 1.8 | 3.1 |
| 2025 | 14.1 | 18.3 | 1.4 | 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.
480 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.
43 violent and 437 property, as reported to the FBI by Oakdale’s police.
11 people died in crashes on Oakdale’s roads in 2019–2023
Oakdale had 9 fatal crashes in five years, in which 11 people died; 2 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist. Most of these deaths (6 of 11) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is 7.7 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.
Oakdale and its neighbors
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Lake Elmo and Mahtomedi have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Minnesota towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakdale | C+ | 1.5 | 16.2 |
| Ramsey | A | 0.5 | 4.8 |
| Rosemount | A | 0.6 | 4.6 |
| Chaska | A− | 0.8 | 5.9 |
| Fridley | D | 2.7 | 31.9 |
| Brooklyn Center | D | 6.5 | 26.0 |
The five graded Minnesota towns closest to Oakdale’s population (30,588), 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 Oakdale. 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 Oakdale’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (31,027 in 2025); our figure for Oakdale is 30,588 (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 Oakdale
Is Oakdale, MN safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Oakdale reports more crime per resident than 59% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #112 of 166 in Minnesota. Its police reported 1.5 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 Oakdale?
1.5 violent and 16.2 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.
How many homicides were there in Oakdale in 2025?
Oakdale’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 Oakdale safer than Woodbury?
Woodbury reports less crime per resident than Oakdale: Woodbury grades B for safety and Oakdale C+. Woodbury’s police reported 0.8 violent and 12.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Oakdale?
Oakdale’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Oakdale”. 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.