Duluth Heights is a neighborhood of 8,730 residents in Duluth, about 3 miles northwest of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Duluth Heights in Duluth safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A means crime in Duluth Heights is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Duluth Heights sits near the middle: 59% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 41% in neighborhoods with less. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against A-. Duluth as a whole grades A-. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A+ to A-; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 874 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
59% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Duluth Heights as a whole, and 41% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Duluth Heights scores 874.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 Duluth Heights, Duluth, MN at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Duluth Heights in Duluth, 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 in Duluth Heights
Thefts run high. Duluth Heights has thefts at more than triple the US rate: 54.0 a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
Crime rates and types in Duluth Heights
CrimeGrade™ estimates Duluth Heights has about 71 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 91% more than the US as a whole and 73% more than Duluth as a whole.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
The largest share of crime reported in Duluth Heights is theft, about 76% of the total. It also makes up the largest share of what crime costs here.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. 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 crime happens in Duluth
The Duluth Police Department polices Duluth Heights; these figures cover Duluth as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Duluth as a whole, 51% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 42% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (51%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (38%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (42%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (26%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Streets and sidewalks (33%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (39%)
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.
How Duluth Heights compares with nearby neighborhoods
Duluth Heights has less crime than 6 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Density, parking lots and walkability in Duluth Heights
One thing sets Duluth Heights apart: it has 6.1 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft, and it runs high here.
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.NoneUS: 24%Lower than for 99% 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.6.1 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 99% 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 and assault. 88% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (15 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 83% 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.81% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 98% 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 crime costs Duluth Heights
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Duluth Heights about $1,194 a year per household, about the same as the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $10 million a year, or $1,163 per resident.
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Duluth Heights means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them. Duluth Heights 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.
Schools in Duluth Heights, Duluth, MN average a SchoolGrade of B-: 40% of students test proficient, against 46% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Duluth Heights on SchoolGrade
