Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
West St. Paul, MN Crime Grade
How West 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
7/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Minnesota
9/10
vs. Minnesota cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in West St. Paul, MN was 264.8 per 100,000 residents (59 incidents over a population of 22,278). That puts West St. Paul 19% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 19% above the Minnesota statewide rate of 223.2.
That ranks West St. Paul #2,461 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 35% of them, and #74 of 91 in Minnesota. Violent crime is up 63% year over year and down 51% over the last five years.
West St. Paul, MN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Minnesota Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 264.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,461 of 3,771
- MN rank
- #74 of 91
- Safer than
- 35% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 63%
- 5-year change
- down 51%
- Population
- 22,278
- Reporting agency
- West St. Paul Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by West St. Paul Police Department (FBI ORI MN0190700) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About West St. Paul, MN
Also known as
- City of West 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. West St. Paul (red), Minnesota (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
West 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 | 539.3(107) | 369.4(78) | 191.6(43) | 162.7(36) | 264.8(59) |
| Murder | 5.0(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 90.7(18) | 66.3(14) | 53.5(12) | 45.2(10) | 71.8(16) |
| Robbery | 105.8(21) | 80.5(17) | 66.8(15) | 31.6(7) | 40.4(9) |
| Aggravated assault | 337.7(67) | 222.6(47) | 71.3(16) | 85.9(19) | 152.6(34) |
| Property crime | 7021.2(1,393) | 4177.5(882) | 4206.4(944) | 4329.4(958) | 3797.5(846) |
| Burglary | 453.6(90) | 322.1(68) | 298.5(67) | 709.5(157) | 538.6(120) |
| Larceny | 6038.3(1,198) | 3216.0(679) | 3497.9(785) | 3348.7(741) | 2967.1(661) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 514.1(102) | 620.5(131) | 401.0(90) | 248.6(55) | 255.9(57) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the West 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 West 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 West St. Paul calculated?
- West 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 West 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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