Eagan is a city of 67,200 in Dakota County, about 12 miles southeast of downtown Minneapolis · Updated November 2026
Is Eagan, MN safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Eagan has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A, safer than the neighborhoods where 75% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A+ against A. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A+ to A; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 922 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
75% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Eagan as a whole, and 25% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Eagan scores 922.
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 Eagan, MN at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Eagan, 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 Eagan
Car thefts are uncommon. Eagan has car thefts at less than half the US rate: 0.81 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Eagan
Every part of Eagan where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Eagan run from A+ to A; every part of Eagan has less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Eagan, the southeast side has the least crime and the west side the most.
Is crime going up in Eagan?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Eagan is up 79%, while property crime has held about steady. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 0.6 to 1.0 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 20 to 18 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 11%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
EaganUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Eagan. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Eagan
Violent, US
Property, Eagan
Property, US
2016
+5%
+4%
-12%
+15%
2017
+52%
+4%
-2%
+12%
2018
+55%
+0%
-1%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+30%
+4%
+17%
-8%
2021
+76%
+6%
+24%
-10%
2022
+156%
+5%
+17%
-6%
2023
+86%
+2%
+1%
-7%
2024
+79%
-4%
-10%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Eagan
CrimeGrade™ estimates Eagan has about 23 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 38% less than the US as a whole and 23% less than Minnesota.
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 Eagan is theft, about 65% 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 Eagan
Eagan has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Eagan, 44% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 35% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (44%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Homes (43%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (35%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Homes (35%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (51%)
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 Eagan compares with nearby cities
Eagan has less crime than 5 of its 8 nearest cities.
Empty homes, parking lots and walkability in Eagan
Two things set Eagan apart: it has 1.8% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 3.8 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. It also combines many jobs with busy transit: places with both tend to report more theft and robbery than places with only one of them; here theft sits near the national middle.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.1.8% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 96% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.3.8 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 93% of US city residents
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. 93% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (12 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 68% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.69 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 85% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Eagan: D (15 of 100).8 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 80% of US city residents
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.99% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 66% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Eagan on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
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 Eagan
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Eagan about $451 a year per household, 63% less than 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 $27 million a year, or $399 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$590,000
$9
Rape
$970,000
$14
Robbery
$150,000
$2
Assault
$2.3 million
$35
Burglary
$920,000
$14
Theft
$5.2 million
$78
Vehicle theft
$830,000
$12
Arson
$13,000
under $1
Vandalism
$1.3 million
$19
Total
$12 million
$183
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 Eagan 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.
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 Eagan, MN average a SchoolGrade of A-: 43% of students test proficient, against 51% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Eagan on SchoolGrade
