Midway, St. Paul, MN Property Crime Rates and Maps
Midway is a neighborhood of 12,800 residents in St. Paul, about 4 miles west of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Midway?
Property crime is high in Midway: a C+, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 78% of Americans live. Theft makes up 67% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades C+, and vehicle theft grades B-. St. Paul as a whole grades B- for property crime.
C+
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 521 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
22% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Midway as a whole, and 78% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Midway scores 521.
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.
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 Midway, St. Paul, MN at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Midway 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 Midway
Thefts and burglaries both run high. In Midway, each runs at more than double the US rate: 33.6 thefts and 5.3 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 and 2.4 nationally.
Car thefts happen on streets and sidewalks far more often than nationally. In St. Paul as a whole, 51% of reported car thefts happen on streets and sidewalks, against 27% nationally.
How Midway compares within St. Paul
Property crime changes a lot from one part of Midway to the next: 52% of residents live in areas graded A or B, while 28% live in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across Midway run from B- to F.
52%20%28%
A or B 52%C 20%D or F 28%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Midway has less property crime than 7 of the 17 neighborhoods in St. Paul. It covers much of the Merriam Park and Midway 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
Year
Property, St. Paul
Property, 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 Midway
CrimeGrade™ estimates Midway has about 50 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about double the rate for the US as a whole and 41% 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 Midway, about 67% of the total, followed by vandalism and burglary.
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 Midway; 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.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (62%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (51%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Homes (33%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Homes (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 Midway and nearby neighborhoods
Midway has less property crime than 6 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Midway apart: it has 81 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 4.3% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft, and it runs high here.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.81 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 83% 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.1.7 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 81% 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.B (58 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 70% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.4.3% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 74% 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 Midway
Property crime costs Midway about $4.4 million a year, or $346 per resident and about $887 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. Midway is a good example: many people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks worse than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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
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.
