The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Hermantown, MN
Hermantown is a city of 11,100 in St. Louis County, about 6 miles west of downtown Duluth · Updated November 2026
Is Hermantown, MN safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Hermantown has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 76% 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 926 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
76% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Hermantown as a whole, and 24% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Hermantown scores 926.
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 Hermantown, MN at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Hermantown, 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 Hermantown
Simple assault runs low. Hermantown has 3.9 simple assaults a year per 1,000 residents, less than half the US rate of 9.7.
The safest and least safe parts of Hermantown
Every part of Hermantown where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Hermantown run from A+ to A; every part of Hermantown 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 Hermantown, the west side has the least crime and the east side the most.
Is crime going up in Hermantown?
Reported property crime in Hermantown has fallen 60% since 2019. Too few violent crimes are reported here each year for a reliable violent crime trend. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 64 to 26 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
HermantownUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Hermantown. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Hermantown
Property, US
2016
-30%
+15%
2017
-32%
+12%
2018
-34%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-25%
-8%
2021
-19%
-10%
2022
-40%
-6%
2023
-59%
-7%
2024
-60%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Hermantown
CrimeGrade™ estimates Hermantown has about 33 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 12% less than the US as a whole and close to 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 Hermantown is theft, about 68% 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.
The Hermantown Police Department's 2024 report to the FBI was missing some months of vandalism; CrimeGrade™ filled them in from the department's own monthly pattern.
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 Hermantown
Hermantown has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Hermantown, 46% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 47% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (46%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (47%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Parking lots and garages (37%)
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 Hermantown compares with nearby cities
Of the 8 cities closest to Hermantown, 5 have less crime. Harnell Park and Saginaw have the least.
Empty homes, parking lots and walkability in Hermantown
Two things set Hermantown apart: it has 1.4% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 4.0 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places with few empty homes tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, and burglary and vandalism run low here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.1.4% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 98% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.4.0 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 94% 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. 100% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.F (4 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 93% of US city residents
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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.34% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 92% 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 Hermantown: F (3 of 100).9 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 81% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.13.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 76% of US city residents
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 Hermantown
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Hermantown about $635 a year per household, 47% 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 $4.9 million a year, or $440 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$140,000
$13
Rape
$110,000
$10
Robbery
$36,000
$3
Assault
$500,000
$45
Burglary
$170,000
$15
Theft
$1.3 million
$115
Vehicle theft
$71,000
$6
Arson
$9,500
$1
Vandalism
$280,000
$25
Total
$2.6 million
$234
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 Hermantown 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. Hermantown 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 Hermantown, MN average a SchoolGrade of A-: 45% of students test proficient, against 54% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Hermantown on SchoolGrade
