West End is a neighborhood of 5,260 residents in Duluth, about 2 miles southwest of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is West End in Duluth safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B-, West End has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 77% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, B against B-. Duluth as a whole grades A-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within West End run from B+ to C-, so check the map below.
B-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 598 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
23% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than West End as a whole, and 77% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. West End scores 598.
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 West End, Duluth, MN at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in West End in Duluth, 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 West End
Thefts run high. West End has thefts at about triple the US rate: 41.6 a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
Crime rates and types in West End
CrimeGrade™ estimates West End has about 82 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than double the rate for the US as a whole and about double the rate for Duluth as a whole.
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 West End, about 50% of everything reported.
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 Duluth
The Duluth Police Department polices West End; these figures cover Duluth as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Duluth as a whole, 51% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 42% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (51%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (38%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (42%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (26%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Streets and sidewalks (33%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (39%)
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 West End compares with nearby neighborhoods
West End has more crime than 9 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods. Woodlands-Pleasantview and Bayview Heights have the least crime nearby.
Two things set West End apart: it has 6.9 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 187 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report more theft, and it runs high here.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.6.9 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 99% of residents of US city neighborhoods
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.187 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 95% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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.B- (48 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 63% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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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.98% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 93% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 West End
Crime costs West End about $1,985 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 65% more 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 $3,230 per resident.
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 West End 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. West End 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 West End, Duluth, 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 West End on SchoolGrade
