Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 3.0Per resident, St. Paul records more crime than nine in ten U.S. towns
Of the 6 towns on its borders with figures, 4 record less crime per resident. By contrast, the rate the grade counts dropped 12% from 2023 to 2025. Its letter for safety is D, worked out from crimes St. Paul’s police reported over 2023 to 2025: #160 of 166 graded towns in Minnesota, and #225 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000. Police counts work out at 5.8 violent crimes and 29.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the rest of Minnesota they are 2.8 and 19.5.
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. Paul
4 of the 6 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 7 Minnesota towns on St. Paul’s borders, 6 have a Safety Grade: Mendota Heights (B), South St. Paul (C+), Maplewood (D), West St. Paul (D), Roseville (D−), Minneapolis (D−). Falcon Heights has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Homicides: above U.S. cities overall
St. Paul’s police reported 15 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 7.5 per 100,000 residents a year, 2.3 times the rest of Minnesota (3.3) and above all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: 2.0 times the rest of Minnesota
110 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (259 reported in 2025), 2.0 times the rest of Minnesota (54.0) and above all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (79.4). Violent crime ↓
Against other big cities
Among the 325 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, St. Paul reports less crime per resident than 31% (#225). Places like 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. 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; property crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Crime in 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 5 violent crimes, 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. Paul property | Rest of Minnesota property | St. Paul violent | Rest of Minnesota violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 46.5 | 23.2 | 7.7 | 3.1 |
| 2023 | 30.9 | 21.1 | 6.2 | 2.9 |
| 2024 | 28.3 | 20.0 | 6.2 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 27.8 | 17.4 | 4.9 | 2.5 |
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.
Homicides and robberies
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| Year | St. Paul | Rest of Minnesota | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12.3 | 3.2 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 9.0 | 3.6 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 8.6 | 3.5 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 4.9 | 2.7 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
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| Year | St. Paul | Rest of Minnesota | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 149 | 70.5 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 127 | 58.3 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 119 | 60.0 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 84.2 | 43.7 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
St. Paul’s police reported 15 homicides, 259 robberies and 1,505 violent crimes in all to the FBI in 2025. By year, against the rest of Minnesota and all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables.
10,063 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.
1,505 violent and 8,558 property, as reported to the FBI by St. Paul’s police.
78 people died in crashes on St. Paul’s roads in 2019–2023
St. Paul had 73 fatal crashes in five years, in which 78 people died; 19 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist. 7 died in crashes on an Interstate.
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. Paul and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Paul | D | 5.8 | 29.0 |
| Maplewood | D | 4.0 | 27.8 |
| Minneapolis | D− | 11.0 | 49.6 |
| South St. Paul | C+ | 2.5 | 14.0 |
| Falcon Heights | — | — | — |
| Roseville | D− | 3.4 | 73.0 |
| Mendota Heights | B | 1.4 | 9.9 |
| West St. Paul | D | 2.1 | 40.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Falcon Heights has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
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. Paul. 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. Paul’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (307,657 in 2025); our figure for St. Paul is 306,684 (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. Paul
Is St. Paul, MN safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, St. Paul reports more crime per resident than 91% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #160 of 166 in Minnesota. Its police reported 5.8 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.8 in the rest of Minnesota and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in St. Paul?
5.8 violent and 29.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Minnesota reports 2.8 and 19.5; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in St. Paul in 2025?
St. Paul’s police reported 15 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 4.9 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is St. Paul safer than Maplewood?
Maplewood reports less crime per resident than St. Paul: Maplewood grades D for safety and St. Paul D. Maplewood’s police reported 4.0 violent and 27.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices St. Paul?
St. Paul’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “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.