St. Paul Assault
St. Paul · Assault · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, St. Paul police open data recorded 1,114 assault incidents, 5.9% of all 18,777 incidents reported in the city that year and down 17.2% from 2024. That is about 362 per 100,000 residents, compared with 1,325 per 100,000 across the 60 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 1,004 assault incidents have been published.
Assault in St. Paul by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 1,004 | — | — |
| 2025 | 1,114 | 362 | down 17.2% |
| 2024 | 1,346 | 438 | down 17.5% |
| 2023 | 1,631 | 530 | down 1.0% |
| 2022 | 1,648 | 536 | down 20.4% |
| 2021 | 2,071 | 674 | down 13.6% |
| 2020 | 2,397 | 780 | up 17.0% |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 22,221 assault incidents.
Neighborhoods with the most assault (2025)
- Payne/Phalen 153 incidents
- North End 135 incidents
- Thomas/Dale(Frogtown) 118 incidents
- Greater East Side 114 incidents
- Dayton's Bluff 101 incidents
- Conway/Battlecreek/Highwood 82 incidents
- Capitol River 75 incidents
- Summit/University 70 incidents
Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.
Questions
How many assault incidents were reported in St. Paul in 2025?
1,114, according to St. Paul Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is assault going up or down in St. Paul?
Reported assault was down 17.2% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 32.4% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).
Where does this data come from?
Source: St. Paul Police Department open data. TheCrimeMaps.com groups each published offense into a crime type; counts are police-reported incidents, not convictions, and some reports are reclassified or removed by the source later.
Other crime types in St. Paul
- St. Paul auto theft 5,864 in 2025
- St. Paul other 2,728 in 2025
- St. Paul theft 2,679 in 2025
- St. Paul vandalism 2,551 in 2025
- St. Paul theft from vehicle 1,928 in 2025
- St. Paul burglary 1,455 in 2025
- St. Paul robbery 269 in 2025
- St. Paul sexual assault 176 in 2025
- St. Paul homicide 7 in 2025
- St. Paul bike theft 6 in 2025