Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Stillwater, MN Crime Grade
How Stillwater 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
3/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Minnesota
3/10
vs. Minnesota cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Stillwater, MN was 77.4 per 100,000 residents (15 incidents over a population of 19,382). That puts Stillwater 76% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 65% below the Minnesota statewide rate of 223.2.
That ranks Stillwater #862 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 77% of them, and #26 of 91 in Minnesota. Violent crime is down 13% year over year and down 41% over the last five years.
Stillwater, MN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (3/10)
- Minnesota Grade
- A (3/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 77.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #862 of 3,771
- MN rank
- #26 of 91
- Safer than
- 77% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 13%
- 5-year change
- down 41%
- Population
- 19,382
- Reporting agency
- Stillwater Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Stillwater Police Department (FBI ORI MN0820600) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Stillwater, MN
Also known as
- City of Stillwater
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. Stillwater (red), Minnesota (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Stillwater 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 | 131.3(26) | 108.3(21) | 98.9(19) | 88.6(17) | 77.4(15) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 25.3(5) | 41.3(8) | 46.8(9) | 46.9(9) | 31.0(6) |
| Robbery | 10.1(2) | 10.3(2) | 5.2(1) | 5.2(1) | 5.2(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 96.0(19) | 56.7(11) | 46.8(9) | 36.5(7) | 41.3(8) |
| Property crime | 1065.7(211) | 892.3(173) | 666.2(128) | 880.9(169) | 861.6(167) |
| Burglary | 151.5(30) | 77.4(15) | 104.1(20) | 62.5(12) | 31.0(6) |
| Larceny | 772.8(153) | 711.8(138) | 494.4(95) | 766.2(147) | 799.7(155) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 136.4(27) | 103.2(20) | 67.7(13) | 41.7(8) | 20.6(4) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Stillwater, 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 Stillwater 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 Stillwater calculated?
- Stillwater'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 Stillwater 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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