Edina is a city of 52,000 in Hennepin County, about 7 miles southwest of downtown Minneapolis · Updated November 2026
Is Edina, MN safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Edina has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 79% 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.
A+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 932 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
79% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Edina as a whole, and 21% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Edina scores 932.
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 Edina, MN at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Edina, 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 Edina
Aggravated assaults and simple assaults both run low. In Edina, each runs at a small fraction of the US rate: 0.59 aggravated assaults and 2.5 simple assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 and 9.7 nationally.
Car thefts happen in parking lots and garages far more often than nationally. In Edina, 47% of reported car thefts happen in parking lots and garages, against 23% nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Edina
Every part of Edina where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Edina run from A+ to A; every part of Edina 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 Edina, the southwest side has the least crime and the southeast side the most.
Is crime going up in Edina?
Reported crime in Edina has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 18% and property crime down 20%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 0.9 to 0.7 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 19 to 15 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 16%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
EdinaUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Edina. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Edina
Violent, US
Property, Edina
Property, US
2016
-43%
+4%
-2%
+15%
2017
-50%
+4%
+10%
+12%
2018
-51%
+0%
-18%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-9%
+4%
-6%
-8%
2021
-28%
+6%
+6%
-10%
2022
+9%
+5%
+8%
-6%
2023
-8%
+2%
-6%
-7%
2024
-18%
-4%
-20%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Edina
CrimeGrade™ estimates Edina has about 21 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 43% less than the US as a whole and 30% 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 Edina is theft, about 54% 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 Edina
Edina has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Edina, 48% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 50% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (48%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (47%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (50%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Parking lots and garages (41%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (36%)
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 Edina compares with nearby cities
Edina has less crime than 5 of its 9 nearest cities.
Two things set Edina apart: it has 149 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 4.2% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery, yet theft runs lower here than that would suggest.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.149 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 99% 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.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 92% 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. 77% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (22 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 66% of US city residents
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.13.9 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 81% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.4.2% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 71% 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 Edina: D+ (20 of 100).5 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 68% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Edina 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 Edina
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Edina about $423 a year per household, 65% 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 $17 million a year, or $322 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$350,000
$7
Rape
$270,000
$5
Robbery
$210,000
$4
Assault
$1.8 million
$35
Burglary
$1.1 million
$21
Theft
$3.1 million
$59
Vehicle theft
$1.3 million
$26
Arson
$55,000
$1
Vandalism
$850,000
$16
Total
$9.1 million
$175
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 Edina 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 Edina, MN average a SchoolGrade of A-: 46% of students test proficient, against 58% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Edina on SchoolGrade
