The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Maple Grove, MN
Maple Grove is a city of 72,200 in Hennepin County, about 13 miles northwest of downtown Minneapolis · Updated November 2026
Is Maple Grove, MN safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Maple Grove: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A, safer than the neighborhoods where 74% 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 921 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
74% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Maple Grove as a whole, and 26% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Maple Grove scores 921.
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 Maple Grove, MN at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Maple Grove, 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 Maple Grove
Car thefts and aggravated assaults both run low. In Maple Grove, each runs at a small fraction of the US rate: 0.36 car thefts and 0.71 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 2.6 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Maple Grove
Every part of Maple Grove where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Maple Grove run from A+ to A; every part of Maple Grove 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 Maple Grove, the west side has the least crime and the east side the most.
Is crime going up in Maple Grove?
Reported crime in Maple Grove has risen since 2019: violent crime is up 44% and property crime up 13%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 0.8 to 1.1 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 15 to 17 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime rose 14%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Maple GroveUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Maple Grove. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Maple Grove
Violent, US
Property, Maple Grove
Property, US
2016
-18%
+4%
+11%
+15%
2017
-8%
+4%
+14%
+12%
2018
-20%
+0%
+2%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+3%
+4%
+14%
-8%
2021
+74%
+6%
+22%
-10%
2022
+52%
+5%
+27%
-6%
2023
+27%
+2%
+18%
-7%
2024
+44%
-4%
+13%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Maple Grove
CrimeGrade™ estimates Maple Grove has about 24 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 37% less than the US as a whole and 22% 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.
Theft is the most common crime in Maple Grove, about 66% of everything reported, and it also accounts for 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 Maple Grove
Maple Grove has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Maple Grove, 57% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 41% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (57%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (38%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (41%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Homes (32%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (55%)
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.
How Maple Grove compares with nearby cities
Maple Grove has less crime than 6 of its 10 nearest cities.
Empty homes, parking lots and walkability in Maple Grove
Two things set Maple Grove apart: it has 2.3% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 3.3 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places with few empty homes tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, and vandalism runs low here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.2.3% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 93% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.3.3 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 89% 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. 94% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (10 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 74% of US city residents
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.5% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 74% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.56 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 71% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.10.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 53% 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 Maple Grove
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Maple Grove about $479 a year per household, 60% 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 $378 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$430,000
$6
Rape
$960,000
$13
Robbery
$370,000
$5
Assault
$3.0 million
$42
Burglary
$900,000
$13
Theft
$5.8 million
$80
Vehicle theft
$400,000
$6
Arson
$74,000
$1
Vandalism
$1.1 million
$15
Total
$13 million
$180
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 Maple Grove 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 Maple Grove, MN average a SchoolGrade of A-: 47% of students test proficient, against 57% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Maple Grove on SchoolGrade
