Less violent crime is recorded per resident in Plymouth than in 80% of U.S. towns
Next door, 2 of 6 towns with figures record less crime per resident. Add to that, the graded rate fell 22% from 2023 to 2025. Overall, Plymouth grades B+ for safety (#59 of 166 graded towns in Minnesota): less crime per resident than 67% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported in 2023–2025. In a usual year, 0.6 violent crime and 9.8 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the rest of Minnesota, 3.0 and 20.4.
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 Plymouth
2 of the 6 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 Minnesota towns on Plymouth’s borders, 6 have a Safety Grade: Medina (A), Golden Valley (B+), Wayzata (B−), Minnetonka (B−), Maple Grove (B−), New Hope (C+). Neighbors ↓
A job center
Plymouth has 52,322 jobs based in town for 78,942 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
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 Plymouth’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 lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Plymouth | Rest of Minnesota | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.6 | 3.5 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.7 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.5 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Plymouth’s police reported 144 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.6 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.0 in the rest of Minnesota and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Plymouth property | Rest of Minnesota property | Plymouth violent | Rest of Minnesota violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12.5 | 25.1 | 0.6 | 3.5 |
| 2023 | 10.9 | 22.0 | 0.7 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 10.2 | 20.8 | 0.5 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 8.4 | 18.4 | 0.6 | 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.
Crime in Plymouth 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.
706 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.
50 violent and 656 property, as reported to the FBI by Plymouth’s police.
12 people died in crashes on Plymouth’s roads in 2019–2023
Plymouth had 12 fatal crashes in five years, in which 12 people died; 2 were pedestrians. 2 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 3.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below 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.
Plymouth and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plymouth | B+ | 0.6 | 9.8 |
| Maple Grove | B− | 1.1 | 16.4 |
| Medina | A | 0.5 | 4.6 |
| Minnetonka | B− | 1.0 | 15.4 |
| Wayzata | B− | 1.2 | 11.9 |
| New Hope | C+ | 1.3 | 18.8 |
| Golden Valley | B+ | 0.7 | 8.7 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Minnesota towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plymouth | B+ | 0.6 | 9.8 |
| Lakeville | A− | 0.9 | 5.9 |
| Woodbury | B | 0.8 | 12.1 |
| Blaine | B− | 0.8 | 14.1 |
| Brooklyn Park | C− | 3.4 | 23.7 |
| St. Cloud | D | 3.7 | 29.5 |
The five graded Minnesota towns closest to Plymouth’s population (78,942), 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 Plymouth. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Plymouth’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (77,963 in 2025); our figure for Plymouth is 78,942 (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 Plymouth
Is Plymouth, MN safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Plymouth reports less crime per resident than 67% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #59 of 166 in Minnesota. Its police reported 0.6 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 Plymouth?
0.6 violent and 9.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Minnesota reports 3.0 and 20.4; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Plymouth in 2025?
Plymouth’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 Plymouth safer than Maple Grove?
Maple Grove reports more crime per resident than Plymouth: Maple Grove grades B− for safety and Plymouth B+. Maple Grove’s police reported 1.1 violent and 16.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Plymouth?
Plymouth’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Plymouth”. 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.