Winona, MN carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 47% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Winona, MN shows violent crime at 188.1 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,296 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 47% 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
188.1/100K violent
2296/100K property
-47% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Winona, MN
Comparable rate records
Winona's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Minnesota cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Winona's 188.1 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are North St. Paul (188.1), Mounds View (188.5), Breitung Township (190.1), Austin (191.1). 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.
Position in the state cohort
Winona sits mid-pack among comparable Minnesota cities
At 188.1 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Winona ranks 75 of 276 — above 201 of the 275 other Minnesota cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +92.3% 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.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 7.6% of the 647 Part I offenses reported in Winona for 2024, against a median of 10.6% across comparable Minnesota cities — a gap of 3.1 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 173.7 per 100,000 in 2020 to 188.1 in 2024 (+8.3%). The highest observed value was 279.8 in 2021 and the lowest 151.3 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Winona'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.
Winona's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 19 Census sq mi, Winona logged 31.5 property and 2.6 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Winona's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (80% of 647 offenses; mix index 6,551).
Violent offenses are only 8% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (19 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
+24.3%
151.3 → 188.1/100K
Property Crime Rate
+9.8%
2091.6 → 2296/100K
Property offenses lead Winona's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs MN
vs US avg
Property Crime
598
2296
1624.6
1711
Larceny-Theft
519
1992.7
-
-
Burglary
54
207.3
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
25
96
-
-
Arson
0
0
-
-
Violent Crime
49
188.1
259.4
352
Aggravated Assault
33
126.7
-
-
Rape
15
57.6
-
-
Robbery
1
3.8
-
-
Murder
0
0
-
-
Winona Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Winona 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
Winona Police Department
Reporting agency for Winona NIBRS-participating
Winona Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Winona's 647 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 Winona in population. Their populations run from 23,995 to 28,220, against 26,045 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Winona reported 49 violent crimes and 598 property crimes, for a total of 647 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Winona?
From 2023 to 2024, Winona's violent crime rate increased by 24.3%, and the property crime rate increased by 9.8%.
What is the most common crime in Winona?
The most common crime type in Winona is larceny-theft, accounting for 80.2% of all reported crimes (519 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Winona 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 Winona, MN rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.