Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
St. Paul, MN Crime Grade
How 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
9/10
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. Paul, MN was 489.2 per 100,000 residents (1,505 incidents over a population of 307,657). That puts St. Paul Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 119% above the Minnesota statewide rate of 223.2.
That ranks St. Paul #3,256 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 14% of them, and #88 of 91 in Minnesota. Violent crime is down 21% year over year and down 37% over the last five years.
St. Paul, MN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Minnesota Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 489.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,256 of 3,771
- MN rank
- #88 of 91
- Safer than
- 14% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 21%
- 5-year change
- down 37%
- Population
- 307,657
- Reporting agency
- St. Paul Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by St. Paul Police Department (FBI ORI MN0620900) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About St. Paul, MN
Also known as
- Imnizha ska
- City of 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. St. Paul (red), Minnesota (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
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 | 779.5(2,416) | 768.2(2,132) | 625.9(1,880) | 619.0(1,882) | 489.2(1,505) |
| Murder | 12.3(38) | 12.3(34) | 9.0(27) | 8.6(26) | 4.9(15) |
| Rape | 92.6(287) | 89.0(247) | 68.2(205) | 66.4(202) | 69.9(215) |
| Robbery | 167.4(519) | 149.2(414) | 126.8(381) | 119.7(364) | 84.2(259) |
| Aggravated assault | 507.2(1,572) | 517.8(1,437) | 421.8(1,267) | 424.3(1,290) | 330.2(1,016) |
| Property crime | 4108.0(12,733) | 4727.4(13,120) | 3157.5(9,484) | 2897.2(8,809) | 2819.7(8,675) |
| Burglary | 550.1(1,705) | 542.3(1,505) | 435.1(1,307) | 468.7(1,425) | 422.2(1,299) |
| Larceny | 2636.2(8,171) | 2964.3(8,227) | 1969.6(5,916) | 1892.4(5,754) | 1945.3(5,985) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 850.4(2,636) | 1150.1(3,192) | 693.1(2,082) | 481.5(1,464) | 412.5(1,269) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the 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 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 St. Paul calculated?
- 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 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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