The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in New Hope, MN
New Hope is a city of 21,400 in Hennepin County, about 7 miles northwest of downtown Minneapolis · Updated November 2026
Is New Hope, MN safe?
Yes, crime in New Hope is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, New Hope sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 43% of Americans live. Violent crime grades A- and property crime B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within New Hope run from A to B-, so check the map below.
A-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 799 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
43% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than New Hope as a whole, and 57% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. New Hope scores 799.
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 New Hope, MN at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in New Hope, 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 New Hope
Robbery stands out among A-graded cities. For the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 0.13 robberies a year per 1,000 residents; New Hope has 0.82.
Aggravated assault is a strength. New Hope grades A- for violent crime, but aggravated assault grades A+, better than in the neighborhoods where 77% of Americans live.
The safest and least safe parts of New Hope
Every part of New Hope where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across New Hope run from A to B-; 33% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
100%
A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within New Hope, the southwest side has the least crime and the northeast side the most.
Is crime going up in New Hope?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in New Hope is up 76% and property crime is down 31%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.0 to 1.7 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 28 to 19 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
New HopeUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves New Hope. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, New Hope
Violent, US
Property, New Hope
Property, US
2016
+35%
+4%
-33%
+15%
2017
+44%
+4%
-30%
+12%
2018
-30%
+0%
-32%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+72%
+4%
-7%
-8%
2021
+212%
+6%
-1%
-10%
2022
+133%
+5%
-14%
-6%
2023
+36%
+2%
-33%
-7%
2024
+76%
-4%
-31%
-15%
Crime rates and types in New Hope
CrimeGrade™ estimates New Hope has about 37 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as the US as a whole and 23% more 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 New Hope, about 41% 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 New Hope
New Hope has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In New Hope, 43% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 61% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (43%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (67%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (61%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Parking lots and garages (43%)
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 New Hope compares with nearby cities
New Hope has less crime than 5 of its 9 nearest cities.
One thing sets New Hope apart: it has 3.9% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, yet burglary and vandalism run higher here than that would suggest.
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
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.7.4 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 78% 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. 74% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (24 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 72% of US city residents
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.9% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 74% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.55 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 70% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.2 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 68% 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 New Hope
Crime costs New Hope about $814 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 32% 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 $16 million a year, or $770 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$870,000
$41
Rape
$350,000
$16
Robbery
$550,000
$26
Assault
$1.6 million
$76
Burglary
$370,000
$17
Theft
$1.7 million
$78
Vehicle theft
$670,000
$31
Arson
$28,000
$1
Vandalism
$1.2 million
$58
Total
$7.4 million
$345
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 New Hope 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 New Hope, MN average a SchoolGrade of F: 23% of students test proficient, against 37% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in New Hope on SchoolGrade
