West Bloomington, Bloomington, MN Property Crime Rates and Maps
West Bloomington is a neighborhood of 28,100 residents in Bloomington, about 2 miles west of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in West Bloomington?
West Bloomington earns an A- for property crime, safer than the neighborhoods where 52% of Americans live. Theft makes up 71% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A, and vehicle theft grades A. Bloomington as a whole grades A- for property crime.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 836 of 1,000About as much property crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
52% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than West Bloomington as a whole, and 48% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. West Bloomington scores 836.
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 West Bloomington, Bloomington, MN at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in West Bloomington in Bloomington, 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 West Bloomington
Thefts from cars happen in parking lots and garages far more often than nationally. In Bloomington as a whole, 64% of reported thefts from cars happen in parking lots and garages, against 31% nationally.
How West Bloomington compares within Bloomington
Every part of West Bloomington where people live grades A or B for property crime on the national scale. Property crime grades across West Bloomington run from A to B.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
West Bloomington has less property crime than 1 of the 2 neighborhoods in Bloomington.
Is property crime going up in Bloomington?
Reported property crime in Bloomington as a whole has held about steady since 2019, within 6%. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 36 to 34 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 13%.
Property crime, change since 2019
BloomingtonUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Bloomington. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Bloomington
Property, US
2016
-9%
+15%
2017
-17%
+12%
2018
-16%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-9%
-8%
2021
-4%
-10%
2022
+5%
-6%
2023
+7%
-7%
2024
-6%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in West Bloomington
CrimeGrade™ estimates West Bloomington has about 29 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 23% more than the US as a whole and 23% less than Bloomington 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 West Bloomington, about 71% of the total, followed by vandalism and vehicle theft.
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 Bloomington
The Bloomington Police Department polices West Bloomington; these figures cover Bloomington as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Bloomington as a whole, 32% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often in parking lots and garages: 53% of them, against 23% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (59%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (53%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (64%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Parking lots and garages (45%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in West Bloomington and nearby neighborhoods
West Bloomington has the least property crime of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from West Bloomington. 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, West Bloomington is safer than 90% of them.
Parking lots, jobs and walkability in West Bloomington
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set West Bloomington apart: it has 3.6 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 125 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report more theft; here theft sits near the national middle.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.3.6 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 96% of residents of US city neighborhoods
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.125 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 92% 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. 86% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (16 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 81% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.100% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 88% 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 West Bloomington
Property crime costs West Bloomington about $5.4 million a year, or $190 per resident and about $382 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. West Bloomington 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
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
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.
