The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Richfield, MN
Richfield is a city of 36,600 in Hennepin County, about 7 miles south of downtown Minneapolis · Updated November 2026
Is Richfield, MN safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Richfield is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Richfield sits near the middle: 48% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 52% in neighborhoods with less. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Richfield run from A to C+, so check the map below.
A-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 827 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
48% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Richfield as a whole, and 52% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Richfield scores 827.
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 Richfield, MN at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Richfield, 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 Richfield
Vehicle theft stands out among A-graded cities. For the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 0.93 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents; Richfield has 3.8.
The safest and least safe parts of Richfield
Most of Richfield grades well: 96% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Richfield run from A to C+; 28% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
96%
A or B 96%C 4%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Richfield, the southwest side has the least crime and the southeast side the most.
Is crime going up in Richfield?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Richfield is up 33%, while property crime has held about steady. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 2.0 to 2.7 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 23 to 24 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime rose 13% and property crime rose 15%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
RichfieldUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Richfield. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Richfield
Violent, US
Property, Richfield
Property, US
2016
+8%
+4%
+9%
+15%
2017
+28%
+4%
+9%
+12%
2018
+12%
+0%
-8%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+49%
+4%
+19%
-8%
2021
+79%
+6%
+16%
-10%
2022
+67%
+5%
+14%
-6%
2023
+18%
+2%
-9%
-7%
2024
+33%
-4%
+5%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Richfield
CrimeGrade™ estimates Richfield has about 43 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 15% more than the US as a whole and 42% 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.
The largest share of crime reported in Richfield is theft, about 52% 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 Richfield
Richfield has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Richfield, 48% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 46% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (48%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (36%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (46%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Parking lots and garages (38%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (62%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (49%)
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 Richfield compares with nearby cities
Of the 9 cities closest to Richfield, 7 have less crime. Edina and Mendota Heights have the least.
Two things set Richfield apart: it has 87 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and a Walk Grade of C (38 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. 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 and robbery sit near the national middle.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.87 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 94% 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.C (38 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 87% of US city residents
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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 Richfield: C (34 of 100).11 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 86% 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.3.3% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 83% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.12.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 71% 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 Richfield
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Richfield about $952 a year per household, 21% 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 $38 million a year, or $1,033 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.5 million
$40
Rape
$1.0 million
$28
Robbery
$700,000
$19
Assault
$3.4 million
$92
Burglary
$730,000
$20
Theft
$4.2 million
$115
Vehicle theft
$2.2 million
$59
Arson
$61,000
$2
Vandalism
$1.5 million
$40
Total
$15 million
$414
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 Richfield 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 Richfield, MN average a SchoolGrade of D-: 26% of students test proficient, against 35% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Richfield on SchoolGrade
