What is the crime rate in Golden Valley, MN?

In 2025, the Golden Valley Police Department reported 18 violent crimes and 199 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 86 violent and 949 property crimes per 100,000 of the 20,970 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: 86
Property per 100,000: 949
Violent crimes: 18
Property crimes: 199

Crime reported by the Golden Valley 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	15	71	150	711	21,095
2024	14	67	208	1,000	20,806
2025	18	86	199	949	20,970

Violent crimes reported went from 15 in 2023 to 18 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 150 in 2023 to 199 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.

Golden Valley against Minnesota and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Golden Valley	86	949
Hennepin County	448	2,575
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 Golden Valley, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Golden Valley	—	86	949
Robbinsdale	2.7 mi	339	1,372
St. Louis Park	2.9 mi	122	3,060
Crystal	3.3 mi	280	2,261
New Hope	3.4 mi	88	1,818
Minneapolis	4.8 mi	1,005	4,519
Hopkins	5.0 mi	260	1,185
Plymouth	5.5 mi	65	856
Brooklyn Center	5.7 mi	524	2,652

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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