Oakdale, MN carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 49% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Oakdale, MN shows violent crime at 180.8 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,761.5 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 49% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
B safety grade
180.8/100K violent
1761.5/100K property
-49% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Oakdale, MN
Comparable rate records
Oakdale's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Minnesota cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Oakdale's 180.8 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Winsted (180.3), St. Louis Park (179.5), Cloquet (175.0), North St. Paul (188.1). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 121.5 per 100,000 in 2020 to 180.8 in 2024 (+48.8%). The highest observed value was 223.0 in 2021 and the lowest 121.5 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Oakdale sits mid-pack among comparable Minnesota cities
At 180.8 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Oakdale ranks 77 of 276 — above 199 of the 275 other Minnesota cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +84.7% against the cohort median of 97.8. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Property counts dominate Oakdale's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Oakdale's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 11 Census sq mi, Oakdale logged 45.3 property and 4.7 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Oakdale's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (78% of 548 offenses; mix index 6,145).
Violent offenses are only 9% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (11 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+15.9%
156 → 180.8/100K
Property Crime Rate
+0.5%
1752.2 → 1761.5/100K
Property offenses lead Oakdale's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs MN
Property Crime
497
1761.5
1624.6
Larceny-Theft
425
1506.3
-
Burglary
43
152.4
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
29
102.8
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
51
180.8
259.4
Aggravated Assault
32
113.4
-
Robbery
13
46.1
-
Rape
6
21.3
-
Murder
0
0
-
Oakdale Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Oakdale property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Oakdale Police Department
Reporting agency for Oakdale NIBRS-participating
Oakdale Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Oakdale's 548 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Minnesota
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Minnesota cities closest to Oakdale in population. Their populations run from 26,160 to 30,355, against 28,214 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Oakdale reported 51 violent crimes and 497 property crimes, for a total of 548 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Oakdale?
From 2023 to 2024, Oakdale's violent crime rate increased by 15.9%, and the property crime rate increased by 0.5%.
What is the most common crime in Oakdale?
The most common crime type in Oakdale is larceny-theft, accounting for 77.6% of all reported crimes (425 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Oakdale figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Oakdale, MN rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.