Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
New Brighton, MN Crime Grade
How New Brighton grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Minnesota — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
4/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Minnesota
5/10
vs. Minnesota cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in New Brighton, MN was 112.7 per 100,000 residents (25 incidents over a population of 22,189). That puts New Brighton 65% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 50% below the Minnesota statewide rate of 223.2.
That ranks New Brighton #1,269 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 66% of them, and #40 of 91 in Minnesota. Violent crime is up 24% year over year and down 16% over the last five years.
New Brighton, MN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (4/10)
- Minnesota Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 112.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,269 of 3,771
- MN rank
- #40 of 91
- Safer than
- 66% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 24%
- 5-year change
- down 16%
- Population
- 22,189
- Reporting agency
- New Brighton Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by New Brighton Police Department (FBI ORI MN0620600) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About New Brighton, MN
Also known as
- City of New Brighton
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. New Brighton (red), Minnesota (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
New Brighton vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 134.7(31) | 143.9(38) | 104.6(23) | 90.8(20) | 112.7(25) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 34.8(8) | 22.7(6) | 13.6(3) | 18.2(4) | 13.5(3) |
| Robbery | 21.7(5) | 22.7(6) | 22.7(5) | 18.2(4) | 4.5(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 78.2(18) | 98.5(26) | 68.2(15) | 54.5(12) | 94.6(21) |
| Property crime | 2989.7(688) | 1863.1(492) | 1291.7(284) | 1230.6(271) | 996.0(221) |
| Burglary | 321.6(74) | 196.9(52) | 159.2(35) | 90.8(20) | 112.7(25) |
| Larceny | 2420.5(557) | 1427.6(377) | 918.7(202) | 926.3(204) | 797.7(177) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 239.0(55) | 238.6(63) | 213.8(47) | 204.3(45) | 85.6(19) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the New Brighton, MN Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the New Brighton Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for New Brighton calculated?
- New Brighton's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Minnesota state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Minnesota cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the New Brighton Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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