Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 4.0Winona reports more crime per resident than 70% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Winona’s police in 2023–2025, it grades C for safety: #136 of 166 graded towns in Minnesota.
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 Winona
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 Minnesota towns on Winona’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Goodview (A+). Wilson Township and Homer Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Minnesota towns, lower
Minnesota’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Winona’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 18% of the 166 Minnesota towns we grade, against 30% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A college town
Winona is home to Winona State University, with 5,146 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 24% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
A job center
Winona has 17,560 jobs based in town for 26,530 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Winona’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Winona’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Winona’s police reported 129 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.7 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.0 in the rest of Minnesota and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Winona | Rest of Minnesota | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 23 property crimes reported
And about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
Reported crime is steady
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.
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| Year | Winona property | Rest of Minnesota property | Winona violent | Rest of Minnesota violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 23.5 | 24.8 | 1.7 | 3.4 |
| 2023 | 20.7 | 21.8 | 1.5 | 3.1 |
| 2024 | 23.0 | 20.6 | 1.9 | 3.1 |
| 2025 | 22.8 | 18.2 | 1.6 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
638 crimes reported in 2025
41 violent and 597 property, as reported to the FBI by Winona’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Eight people died in crashes on Winona’s roads in 2019–2023
Winona had 8 fatal crashes in five years, in which eight people died; 2 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist.
That is about what 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 Winona’s size would see about 5 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Winona’s own rate (6.2) 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.
Winona and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winona | C | 1.7 | 22.2 |
| Wilson Township | — | — | — |
| Goodview | A+ | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Homer Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Wilson Township and Homer Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
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 Winona. 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 Winona’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (26,221 in 2025); our figure for Winona is 26,530 (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 Winona
Is Winona, MN safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Winona reports more crime per resident than 70% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #136 of 166 in Minnesota. Its police reported 1.7 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 Winona?
1.7 violent and 22.2 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.
Is crime going up or down in Winona?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Winona in 2025?
Winona’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 Winona safer than Goodview?
Goodview reports less crime per resident than Winona: Goodview grades A+ for safety and Winona C. Goodview’s police reported 0.1 violent and 0.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Winona?
Winona’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Winona”. 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.