Photo: Joekristoff · CC BY-SA 4.0For property crime, St. Louis Park trails 92% of U.S. towns per resident
Next door, 4 of 5 towns with figures record less crime per resident. All told, St. Louis Park grades C− for safety (#152 of 166 graded towns in Minnesota): more crime per resident than 82% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, 1.5 violent crimes and 32.2 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 3.0 and 20.1 in the rest of Minnesota. On top of that, the rate the grade counts dropped 8% 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 St. Louis Park
4 of the 5 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 5 Minnesota towns on St. Louis Park’s borders, 5 have a Safety Grade: Golden Valley (B+), Edina (B−), Minnetonka (B−), Hopkins (C+), Minneapolis (D−). Neighbors ↓
A job center
St. Louis Park has 40,224 jobs based in town for 50,027 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 St. Louis Park’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds St. Louis Park’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | St. Louis Park | Rest of Minnesota | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
St. Louis Park’s police reported 218 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 St. Louis Park 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 per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | St. Louis Park property | Rest of Minnesota property | St. Louis Park violent | Rest of Minnesota violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 34.6 | 24.7 | 1.8 | 3.4 |
| 2023 | 33.1 | 21.7 | 1.4 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 33.3 | 20.5 | 1.8 | 3.1 |
| 2025 | 30.4 | 18.1 | 1.2 | 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.
1,579 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.
61 violent and 1,518 property, as reported to the FBI by St. Louis Park’s police.
Three people died in crashes on St. Louis Park’s roads in 2019–2023
St. Louis Park had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
That is fewer than is typical for Minnesota towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (4.2 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of St. Louis Park’s size would see about 10 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so St. Louis Park’s own rate (1.2) 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.
St. Louis Park and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Park | C− | 1.5 | 32.2 |
| Hopkins | C+ | 2.7 | 14.3 |
| Minnetonka | B− | 1.0 | 15.4 |
| Edina | B− | 0.7 | 15.4 |
| Golden Valley | B+ | 0.7 | 8.7 |
| Minneapolis | D− | 11.0 | 49.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Minnesota towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Park | C− | 1.5 | 32.2 |
| Cottage Grove | A− | 0.6 | 6.6 |
| Shakopee | B− | 1.1 | 12.2 |
| Apple Valley | C+ | 2.2 | 16.5 |
| Moorhead | C− | 4.0 | 16.6 |
| Mankato | C− | 2.8 | 25.3 |
The five graded Minnesota towns closest to St. Louis Park’s population (50,027), 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 St. Louis Park. 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 St. Louis Park’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (49,870 in 2025); our figure for St. Louis Park is 50,027 (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 St. Louis Park
Is St. Louis Park, MN safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, St. Louis Park reports more crime per resident than 82% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #152 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 St. Louis Park?
1.5 violent and 32.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Minnesota reports 3.0 and 20.1; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in St. Louis Park in 2025?
St. Louis Park’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 St. Louis Park safer than Hopkins?
Hopkins reports less crime per resident than St. Louis Park: Hopkins grades C+ for safety and St. Louis Park C−. Hopkins’s police reported 2.7 violent and 14.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices St. Louis Park?
St. Louis Park’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “St. Louis Park”. 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.