Photo: August Schwerdfeger · CC BY 4.0Less violent crime is recorded per resident in Stillwater than in 72% of U.S. towns
The grade is B+, built on crimes Stillwater’s police reported from 2023 to 2025: #56 of 166 graded towns in Minnesota. Its police logs show 0.9 violent crime and 7.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the rest of Minnesota the numbers are 3.0 and 20.3.
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 Stillwater
Stillwater reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 3 Minnesota towns on Stillwater’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Oak Park Heights (C−). Stillwater Township and Grant 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 Stillwater’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 | Stillwater | Rest of Minnesota | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.0 | 3.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.8 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Stillwater’s police reported 50 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.9 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 Stillwater 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 | Stillwater property | Rest of Minnesota property | Stillwater violent | Rest of Minnesota violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8.9 | 24.9 | 1.0 | 3.4 |
| 2023 | 6.6 | 21.9 | 1.0 | 3.1 |
| 2024 | 8.7 | 20.7 | 0.8 | 3.1 |
| 2025 | 8.5 | 18.3 | 0.8 | 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.
180 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.
15 violent and 165 property, as reported to the FBI by Stillwater’s police.
Three people died in crashes on Stillwater’s roads in 2019–2023
Stillwater had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
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 Stillwater’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Stillwater’s own rate (3.1) 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.
Stillwater and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stillwater | B+ | 0.9 | 7.9 |
| Oak Park Heights | C− | 2.6 | 23.9 |
| Stillwater Township | — | — | — |
| Grant | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Stillwater Township and Grant have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Minnesota towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stillwater | B+ | 0.9 | 7.9 |
| Sartell | B | 0.6 | 13.8 |
| Anoka | B− | 2.4 | 11.1 |
| South St. Paul | C+ | 2.5 | 14.0 |
| Hopkins | C+ | 2.7 | 14.3 |
| Albert Lea | C | 1.9 | 18.3 |
The five graded Minnesota towns closest to Stillwater’s population (19,354), 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 Stillwater. 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 Stillwater’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (19,382 in 2025); our figure for Stillwater is 19,354 (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 Stillwater
Is Stillwater, MN safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Stillwater reports less crime per resident than 70% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #56 of 166 in Minnesota. Its police reported 0.9 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 Stillwater?
0.9 violent and 7.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Minnesota reports 3.0 and 20.3; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Stillwater safer than Oak Park Heights?
Oak Park Heights reports more crime per resident than Stillwater: Oak Park Heights grades C− for safety and Stillwater B+. Oak Park Heights’s police reported 2.6 violent and 23.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Stillwater?
Stillwater’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Stillwater”. 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.