Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
South St. Paul, MN Crime Grade
How South 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
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 South St. Paul, MN was 107.0 per 100,000 residents (22 incidents over a population of 20,560). That puts South St. Paul 67% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 52% below the Minnesota statewide rate of 223.2.
That ranks South St. Paul #1,206 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 68% of them, and #38 of 91 in Minnesota. Violent crime is down 71% year over year and down 70% over the last five years.
South St. Paul, MN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (4/10)
- Minnesota Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 107.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,206 of 3,771
- MN rank
- #38 of 91
- Safer than
- 68% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 71%
- 5-year change
- down 70%
- Population
- 20,560
- Reporting agency
- South St. Paul Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by South St. Paul Police Department (FBI ORI MN0190600) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About South St. Paul, MN
Also known as
- City of South 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. South St. Paul (red), Minnesota (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
South 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 | 361.9(72) | 408.1(83) | 323.5(66) | 372.9(77) | 107.0(22) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 4.9(1) | 0.0(0) | 4.9(1) |
| Rape | 65.3(13) | 63.9(13) | 29.4(6) | 33.9(7) | 38.9(8) |
| Robbery | 20.1(4) | 4.9(1) | 4.9(1) | 14.5(3) | 4.9(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 276.5(55) | 339.3(69) | 284.3(58) | 324.5(67) | 58.4(12) |
| Property crime | 2744.4(546) | 2320.9(472) | 1602.7(327) | 1346.4(278) | 1288.9(265) |
| Burglary | 271.4(54) | 270.4(55) | 250.0(51) | 145.3(30) | 131.3(27) |
| Larceny | 1975.4(393) | 1553.8(316) | 1014.6(207) | 1017.0(210) | 1011.7(208) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 482.5(96) | 486.8(99) | 323.5(66) | 159.8(33) | 141.1(29) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the South 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 South 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 South St. Paul calculated?
- South 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 South 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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