Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
North St. Paul, MN Crime Grade
How North St. Paul 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
6/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Minnesota
8/10
vs. Minnesota cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in North St. Paul, MN was 227.2 per 100,000 residents (29 incidents over a population of 12,766). That puts North St. Paul 30% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 2% above the Minnesota statewide rate of 223.2.
That ranks North St. Paul #2,238 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 41% of them, and #68 of 91 in Minnesota. Violent crime is up 21% year over year and up 19% over the last five years.
North St. Paul, MN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- Minnesota Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 227.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,238 of 3,771
- MN rank
- #68 of 91
- Safer than
- 41% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 21%
- 5-year change
- up 19%
- Population
- 12,766
- Reporting agency
- North St. Paul Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by North St. Paul Police Department (FBI ORI MN0620700) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About North St. Paul, MN
Also known as
- Castle
- City of North Saint Paul
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. North St. Paul (red), Minnesota (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
North St. Paul 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 | 191.1(24) | 105.2(16) | 147.7(19) | 188.1(24) | 227.2(29) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 13.2(2) | 7.8(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 39.8(5) | 13.2(2) | 15.5(2) | 7.8(1) | 39.2(5) |
| Robbery | 39.8(5) | 13.2(2) | 31.1(4) | 7.8(1) | 23.5(3) |
| Aggravated assault | 111.5(14) | 65.8(10) | 93.3(12) | 172.4(22) | 164.5(21) |
| Property crime | 2452.8(308) | 1808.3(275) | 1344.6(173) | 1653.3(211) | 2491.0(318) |
| Burglary | 183.2(23) | 151.2(23) | 101.0(13) | 219.4(28) | 274.2(35) |
| Larceny | 1943.1(244) | 1321.7(201) | 1041.5(134) | 1308.6(167) | 2044.5(261) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 318.5(40) | 322.2(49) | 186.5(24) | 125.4(16) | 172.3(22) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the North St. Paul, 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 North St. Paul 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 North St. Paul calculated?
- North St. Paul'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 North St. Paul 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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