Dayton's Bluff, St. Paul, MN Property Crime Rates and Maps

Dayton's Bluff is a neighborhood of 17,400 residents in St. Paul, about 2 miles northeast of downtown · Updated November 2026

How common is property crime in Dayton's Bluff?

Property crime is high in Dayton's Bluff: a C-, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 84% of Americans live. Theft makes up 47% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades C, and vehicle theft grades C-. St. Paul as a whole grades B- for property crime.

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Property crime CrimeGrade™Safety score 381 of 1,000
More property crime than most US neighborhoods What this means

16% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Dayton's Bluff as a whole, and 84% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Dayton's Bluff scores 381.

Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.

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Overall crimeSafety score 390 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoods
C
Violent crimeSafety score 395 of 1,000More violent crime than most US neighborhoods

How it works


Property crime map of Dayton's Bluff

Map of Dayton's Bluff shaded by property crime CrimeGrade™, from green for the least crime to red for the most
Click the map to explore
F D C B A+
Highest crime Safest
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How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Dayton's Bluff, St. Paul, MN at ISP Reports.

Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Dayton's Bluff in St. Paul, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.

Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports


What stands out about property crime in Dayton's Bluff

Car thefts and burglaries both run high. In Dayton's Bluff, each runs at more than double the US rate: 6.5 car thefts and 5.7 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 2.4 nationally.


How Dayton's Bluff compares within St. Paul

High property crime is widespread across Dayton's Bluff: 62% of residents live in areas graded D or F, and the rest in areas graded C. Property crime grades across Dayton's Bluff run from C+ to F.

C 38%D or F 62%

Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.

Dayton's Bluff has less property crime than 4 of the 17 neighborhoods in St. Paul. It covers much of the Dayton's Bluff and Battle Creek areas.


Is property crime going up in St. Paul?

Reported property crime in St. Paul as a whole has fallen 23% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 36 to 28 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.

Property crime, change since 2019

St. PaulUnited States

Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve St. Paul. The charts follow crimes per resident.

Data table
YearProperty, St. PaulProperty, US
2016-11%+15%
2017-2%+12%
2018-10%+4%
2019+0%+0%
2020+4%-8%
2021+12%-10%
2022+16%-6%
2023-16%-7%
2024-23%-15%

Property crime rates and types in Dayton's Bluff

CrimeGrade™ estimates Dayton's Bluff has about 48 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about double the rate for the US as a whole and 34% more than St. Paul as a whole.

All property crime

Burglary

Vehicle theft

Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.

Theft is the most common property crime in Dayton's Bluff, about 47% of the total, followed by vandalism and vehicle theft.

CrimeCrimeGrade™Reported a yearPer 1,000 residentsUS per 1,000
BurglaryC995.72.4
TheftB38622.313.1
Vehicle theftC-1146.52.7
ArsonF160.940.12
VandalismD+21412.35.5

Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.

Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.


Where and when property crime happens in St. Paul

The St. Paul Police Department polices Dayton's Bluff; these figures cover St. Paul as a whole, 2022 to 2024.

In St. Paul as a whole, 62% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 51% of them, against 27% nationally.

CrimeMost often atBusiest time
BurglaryHomes (62%)Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theftStreets and sidewalks (51%)Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from carsHomes (33%)Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
VandalismHomes (44%)Evening (6 pm to midnight)

Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.


Property crime in Dayton's Bluff and nearby neighborhoods

Dayton's Bluff has more property crime than 6 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods. West 7th and Battle Creek have the least property crime nearby.

Nearby neighborhoods

PlacePropertyOverallResidents
Dayton's BluffC-381C17,400
Payne-Phalen 2 milesD+306C-31,400
Downtown St. Paul 2 milesB-579B9,560
Greater Eastside 2 milesC+467C+30,200
Battle Creek 2 milesB628B-24,500
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PlacePropertyOverallResidents
West Side 2 milesC+533C+15,700
North End 3 milesC-371C-27,300
Thomas-Dale 3 milesC-324D15,500
Summit-University 4 milesC-367D+17,500
West 7th 4 milesB628B+12,900
Summit Hill 4 milesC+512B7,420

Nearest first, with each place's distance from Dayton's Bluff. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).

Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Dayton's Bluff is safer than 61% of them.

Neighborhoods of similar size and density

PlacePropertyOverallResidents
Dayton's BluffC-381C17,400
Woodbury, Irvine, CAA848A17,300
Pittman, Henderson, NVB635B17,200
Nuuanu-Punchbowl, Honolulu, HIB-590B+17,400
Garfield Park, Grand Rapids, MIB-543D+17,400
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PlacePropertyOverallResidents
Audubon, New Orleans, LAC429B17,400
Summit-University, St. Paul, MNC-367D+17,500
Eastside, Riverside, CAF0D-17,400
Langley Park, Hyattsville, MDF0F17,500
Auburn Gresham, Chicago, ILF0F17,200
Schuylkill Southwest, Philadelphia, PAF0F17,200

Jobs, parking lots and walkability in Dayton's Bluff

Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, one sets Dayton's Bluff apart: it has 115 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report more theft, and it runs high here.

JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.115 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 90% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.6 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 79% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft.C (37 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 53% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.6.7 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 65% of residents of US city neighborhoods

These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.


What property crime costs Dayton's Bluff

Property crime costs Dayton's Bluff about $6.5 million a year, or $376 per resident and about $1,058 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.

Cost of property crime per resident, per year


How CrimeGrade™ works

The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.

It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.

The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.

Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.

Where the numbers come from

  • Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
  • State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
  • Population and housing figures from the US Census Bureau
  • Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
  • The St. Paul Police Department publishes its own crime data

These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.

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