East Hillside, Duluth, MN Violent Crime Rates and Maps

East Hillside is a neighborhood of 3,800 residents in Duluth, close to downtown · Updated November 2026

How common is violent crime in East Hillside?

East Hillside grades B for violent crime, with more of it than the neighborhoods where 77% of Americans live. Assaults make up 92% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury. Duluth as a whole grades A for violent crime.

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Violent crime CrimeGrade™Safety score 663 of 1,000
More violent crime than most US neighborhoods What this means

23% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than East Hillside as a whole, and 77% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. East Hillside scores 663.

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 violent crime than most US neighborhoods.

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Overall crimeSafety score 653 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoods
B
Property crimeSafety score 633 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoods

How it works


Violent crime map of East Hillside

Map of East Hillside shaded by violent crime CrimeGrade™, from green for the least crime to red for the most
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How to read the map: each area's color compares its violent crime with the people who spend time there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy downtown or nightlife strip can show red while the homes around it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a solid connection. Compare high speed internet in East Hillside, Duluth, MN at ISP Reports.

Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in East Hillside 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 about violent crime in East Hillside

Crime per resident runs higher than the grade. East Hillside draws many workers, shoppers and visitors: it has 181 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Crimes against them are counted against the few who live here, so crime per resident looks higher than the CrimeGrade™ suggests. The CrimeGrade™ counts everyone who spends time here.


Violent crime rates and types in East Hillside

CrimeGrade™ estimates East Hillside has about 37 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than double the rate for the US as a whole and more than triple the rate for Duluth as a whole.

All violent crime

Assaults

Robbery

Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Violent crime here includes simple assaults, which the FBI's violent crime rate leaves out.

Assault is the most common violent crime in East Hillside, about 92% of the total.

CrimeCrimeGrade™Reported a yearPer 1,000 residentsUS per 1,000
MurderBunder 10.120.05
RapeC+61.60.38
RobberyA41.20.62
AssaultB12934.012.3

Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a violent crime with the people who spend time in an area, not only the people who live there. 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 violent crime happens in Duluth

The Duluth Police Department polices East Hillside; these figures cover Duluth as a whole, 2022 to 2024.

In Duluth as a whole, 39% of aggravated assaults happen at a home, against 53% nationally. Robberies happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 33% of them.

CrimeMost often atBusiest time
RobberyStreets and sidewalks (33%)Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assaultHomes (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.


Violent crime in East Hillside and nearby neighborhoods

East Hillside has more violent crime than 8 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods. Woodlands-Pleasantview and Lakeside-Lester Park have the least violent crime nearby.

Nearby neighborhoods

PlaceViolentOverallResidents
East HillsideB663B3,800
Downtown Duluth 1 mileB-588B-4,270
Congdon Park 2 milesA894A6,740
Kenwood-Duluth 2 milesA915A5,460
Woodlands-Pleasantview 3 milesA+950A+4,180
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PlaceViolentOverallResidents
West End 4 milesB-559B-5,260
Duluth Heights 4 milesA916A8,730
Lakeside-Lester Park 4 milesA+929A5,260
Downtown 6 milesB+754B+3,290
Spirit Valley-Denfeld-Norton Park 6 milesB692B5,840
Central Park 6 milesA880A4,160

Nearest first, with each place's distance from East Hillside. Beside each violent crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).

Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, East Hillside is safer than 62% of them.

Neighborhoods of similar size and density

PlaceViolentOverallResidents
East HillsideB663B3,800
University Gardens, Great Neck, NYA918A3,800
Coytesville, Fort Lee, NJA895A-3,800
Turtle Run, Coral Springs, FLA888A3,800
U of O Campus, Eugene, ORA874B+3,810
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PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Downtown Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NCA-829B3,790
Fire Mountain, Oceanside, CAA-808B+3,810
Terrace-Shurtleff, Napa, CAB+733B+3,820
Sylvester Park, Pasco, WAB655C+3,820
Historic Uptown, St. Petersburg, FLB-593B-3,800
Wyatt Street, Largo, FLB-578B3,800

Jobs, nightlife and walkability in East Hillside

Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, two set East Hillside apart: it has 181 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 2.6 bars and nightlife spots for every 1,000 residents, against 0.6 nationally. Places like that tend to report more robbery.

JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.181 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 95% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Bars and nightlifeBars, lounges, clubs and casinos. Places with more bars tend to report more assault and robbery.2.6 per 1,000 residentsUS: 0.6Higher than for 94% 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 assault.B (59 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 71% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.20% where people liveUS: 21%Higher than for 79% 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 violent crime costs East Hillside

Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs East Hillside about $12 million a year, or $3,191 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $2.7 million, or $709 per resident.

Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year


How CrimeGrade™ works

The violent crime CrimeGrade™ covers murder, rape, robbery and assault, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.

It weighs each violent crime against the people who spend time in an area, so a busy downtown is graded on its workers and visitors as well as its residents.

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
  • Population and housing figures from the US Census Bureau
  • 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.

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