What is the crime rate in Cottage Grove, MN?

In 2025, the Cottage Grove Police Department reported 28 violent crimes and 271 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 64 violent and 619 property crimes per 100,000 of the 43,759 residents it serves.

Across Minnesota the rates were 227 and 1,430.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 64
Property per 100,000: 619
Violent crimes: 28
Property crimes: 271

Crime reported by the Cottage Grove Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	33	78	298	708	42,096
2024	17	39	294	682	43,131
2025	28	64	271	619	43,759

Violent crimes reported went from 33 in 2023 to 28 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 298 in 2023 to 271 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Cottage Grove against Minnesota and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Cottage Grove	64	619
Washington County	75	867
Minnesota	227	1,430
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Cottage Grove, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Cottage Grove	—	64	619
St. Paul Park	4.2 mi	150	580
Hastings	6.4 mi	89	823
Woodbury	6.4 mi	74	1,152
Inver Grove Heights	7.2 mi	160	1,079
Prescott	7.4 mi	43	86
South St. Paul	8.1 mi	107	1,289
Rosemount	8.9 mi	60	451
West St. Paul	10 mi	260	3,806

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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