What is the crime rate in Mendota Heights, MN?

In 2025, the Mendota Heights Police Department reported 6 violent crimes and 97 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 52 violent and 844 property crimes per 100,000 of the 11,489 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: 52
Property per 100,000: 844
Violent crimes: 6
Property crimes: 97

Crime reported by the Mendota Heights 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	21	185	148	1,302	11,363
2024	23	200	103	896	11,501
2025	6	52	97	844	11,489

Violent crimes reported went from 21 in 2023 to 6 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 148 in 2023 to 97 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.

Mendota Heights against Minnesota and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Mendota Heights	52	844
Dakota County	134	1,118
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 Mendota Heights, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Mendota Heights	—	52	844
West St. Paul	2.9 mi	260	3,806
South St. Paul	4.6 mi	107	1,289
Eagan	4.6 mi	130	1,340
Inver Grove Heights	5.0 mi	160	1,079
St. Paul	5.1 mi	491	2,826
Richfield	7.3 mi	198	2,160
St. Paul Park	7.5 mi	150	580
Minneapolis	8.8 mi	1,005	4,519

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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