Photo: Iulus Ascanius at English Wikipedia · Public domainViolent crime per resident is lower in Woodbury than in 75% of U.S. towns
Its Safety Grade, B (#74 of 166 graded towns in Minnesota), rests on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025: close to the middle of U.S. towns. Annual rates stand at 0.8 violent crime and 12.1 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 3.0 and 20.4 in the rest of 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 Woodbury
1 of the 3 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 6 Minnesota towns on Woodbury’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Cottage Grove (A−), Oakdale (C+), Maplewood (D). Newport, Lake Elmo and Afton 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 Woodbury’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Woodbury’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (12.1) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Woodbury | Rest of Minnesota | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Woodbury’s police reported 189 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.8 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 Woodbury 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 | Woodbury property | Rest of Minnesota property | Woodbury violent | Rest of Minnesota violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 14.8 | 25.0 | 1.0 | 3.5 |
| 2023 | 13.0 | 22.0 | 0.6 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 11.8 | 20.8 | 1.0 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 11.4 | 18.4 | 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.
999 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.
62 violent and 937 property, as reported to the FBI by Woodbury’s police.
Eight people died in crashes on Woodbury’s roads in 2019–2023
Woodbury had 8 fatal crashes in five years, in which eight people died. 2 died in crashes 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 Woodbury’s size would see about 16 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Woodbury’s own rate (2.0) 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.
Woodbury and its neighbors
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Newport, Lake Elmo and Afton have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Minnesota towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodbury | B | 0.8 | 12.1 |
| Lakeville | A− | 0.9 | 5.9 |
| Plymouth | B+ | 0.6 | 9.8 |
| Blaine | B− | 0.8 | 14.1 |
| Brooklyn Park | C− | 3.4 | 23.7 |
| Duluth | C− | 2.4 | 29.7 |
The five graded Minnesota towns closest to Woodbury’s population (81,558), 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 Woodbury. 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 Woodbury’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (81,929 in 2025); our figure for Woodbury is 81,558 (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 Woodbury
Is Woodbury, MN safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Woodbury reports less crime per resident than 58% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #74 of 166 in Minnesota. Its police reported 0.8 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 Woodbury?
0.8 violent and 12.1 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 Woodbury in 2025?
Woodbury’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 Woodbury safer than Oakdale?
Oakdale reports more crime per resident than Woodbury: Oakdale grades C+ for safety and Woodbury B. Oakdale’s police reported 1.5 violent and 16.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Woodbury?
Woodbury’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Woodbury”. 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.