Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
St. Cloud, MN Crime Grade
How St. Cloud 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
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Minnesota
10/10
vs. Minnesota cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in St. Cloud, MN was 353.1 per 100,000 residents (257 incidents over a population of 72,794). That puts St. Cloud Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 58% above the Minnesota statewide rate of 223.2.
That ranks St. Cloud #2,861 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 24% of them, and #85 of 91 in Minnesota. Violent crime is down 16% year over year and down 39% over the last five years.
St. Cloud, MN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Minnesota Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 353.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,861 of 3,771
- MN rank
- #85 of 91
- Safer than
- 24% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 16%
- 5-year change
- down 39%
- Population
- 72,794
- Reporting agency
- St. Cloud Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by St. Cloud Police Department (FBI ORI MN0730400) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About St. Cloud, MN
Also known as
- City of Saint Cloud
- Ozaagiiziibiing
History
Founded in 1851. Incorporated as a town on 1 March 1856 and as a city on 6 March 1868.
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. St. Cloud (red), Minnesota (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
St. Cloud 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 | 581.8(400) | 458.5(316) | 347.5(243) | 419.6(300) | 353.1(257) |
| Murder | 7.3(5) | 2.9(2) | 7.2(5) | 0.0(0) | 6.9(5) |
| Rape | 82.9(57) | 74.0(51) | 51.5(36) | 95.1(68) | 76.9(56) |
| Robbery | 72.7(50) | 53.7(37) | 25.7(18) | 50.4(36) | 44.0(32) |
| Aggravated assault | 418.9(288) | 327.9(226) | 263.2(184) | 274.2(196) | 225.3(164) |
| Property crime | 3734.9(2,568) | 4314.8(2,974) | 3535.4(2,472) | 2961.2(2,117) | 2501.6(1,821) |
| Burglary | 336.0(231) | 352.6(243) | 228.8(160) | 254.6(182) | 311.8(227) |
| Larceny | 3047.0(2,095) | 3595.2(2,478) | 3059.1(2,139) | 2517.8(1,800) | 1932.9(1,407) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 331.6(228) | 349.7(241) | 233.1(163) | 167.9(120) | 244.5(178) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the St. Cloud, 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 St. Cloud 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 St. Cloud calculated?
- St. Cloud'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 St. Cloud 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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