The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Winona, MN
Winona is a city of 27,500 in Winona County, about 25 miles northwest of downtown La Crosse · Updated November 2026
Is Winona, MN safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Winona has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A, safer than the neighborhoods where 64% 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 891 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
64% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Winona as a whole, and 36% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Winona scores 891.
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 Winona, MN at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Winona, 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 Winona
One weak spot: reported rape. It grades B+ in Winona, worse than in the neighborhoods where 70% of Americans live, against A for violent crime as a whole.
Thefts run high for an A-graded city. Winona has 18.7 thefts a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 8.3.
The safest and least safe parts of Winona
Every part of Winona where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Winona run from A+ to A-; 70% of residents live in areas with 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 Winona, the southwest side has the least crime and the north side the most.
Is crime going up in Winona?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Winona is up 66%, while property crime has held about steady. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.1 to 1.9 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 24 to 23 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime rose 25% and property crime rose 12%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
WinonaUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Winona. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Winona
Violent, US
Property, Winona
Property, US
2016
+51%
+4%
+23%
+15%
2017
+62%
+4%
-5%
+12%
2018
+43%
+0%
-5%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+58%
+4%
+9%
-8%
2021
+153%
+6%
-2%
-10%
2022
+48%
+5%
-2%
-6%
2023
+33%
+2%
-15%
-7%
2024
+66%
-4%
-6%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Winona
CrimeGrade™ estimates Winona 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 Winona is theft, about 57% 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 Winona
Winona has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Winona, 56% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 71% of them, against 18% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (56%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (51%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (71%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Streets and sidewalks (37%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (60%)
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 Winona compares with nearby cities
Winona has the most crime of its 4 nearest cities.
Two things set Winona apart: it has 70 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and a Walk Grade of C- (32 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Even so, 57% of residents in Winona live in car-dependent areas, where most errands take a car. Places like that tend to report more theft and robbery, and theft runs high here.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.70 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 86% 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- (32 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 82% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.6 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 77% 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.82% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 69% 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 Winona: F (4 of 100).under 1 trip an hourUS: noneLower than for 64% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.22% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 60% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Winona on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
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 Winona
Crime costs Winona about $692 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 43% 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 $19 million a year, or $681 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$430,000
$16
Rape
$830,000
$30
Robbery
$65,000
$2
Assault
$1.8 million
$66
Burglary
$480,000
$17
Theft
$2.6 million
$96
Vehicle theft
$380,000
$14
Arson
$23,000
$1
Vandalism
$1.0 million
$36
Total
$7.7 million
$279
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 Winona 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 Winona, MN average a SchoolGrade of C+: 38% of students test proficient, against 47% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Winona on SchoolGrade
