CrimeMetric

Crime in Richfield, Minnesota

Major crime in Richfield is 36% above the U.S. rate per resident: 32% lower for persons crimes and 1.5 times for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 4.3% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
136
36% above the U.S. rate
42% above the Minnesota rate
down 4.3% in a year
Persons crimes
68
32% below the U.S. rate
7% below the Minnesota rate
down 2.5% in a year
Property crimes
151
1.5 times the U.S. rate
49% above the Minnesota rate
down 4.5% in a year
Social disorder
97
about the U.S. rate
41% above the Minnesota rate
down 4.7% in a year

Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.

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Crime by type

Shoplifting stands out most, at 3.3 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Richfield for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

How crime varies across Richfield

The middle half of Richfield residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 49 and 87; the typical (median) resident's is 65. The citywide figure (136) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of Richfield, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the bar's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Tap one to compare it. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5027.6%
  • 50–10048.0%
  • 100–2007.8%
  • 200–40010.5%
  • 400+6.1%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Highest on weekday daytimes

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm169
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am104
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm147
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am98
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 4.3% in a year; across Minnesota it fell 1.8%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-4.3%MN -1.8%-14.5%MN -13.1%
Persons crimes-2.5%MN -1.1%-5.4%MN -2.7%
Property crimes-4.5%MN -1.9%-15.4%MN -14.8%
Social disorder-4.7%MN -0.6%-11.0%MN -7.4%

Change in expected crimes, with Minnesota as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.

Similar-size places

Richfield against U.S. places with 25,000 to 50,000 residents

163 of the 960 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Richfield; the middle of the group is 77. The 9 nearest in population:

Ithaca, NY36,424196
Richfield, MN36,487136
Martinez, GA36,59648
Eagle, ID36,56828

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Richfield has a higher major-crime index than 5 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Bloomington (3 mi), is 45% above Richfield's rate.

Richfield136
Eagan7 mi87
Edina4 mi86
Hopkins7 mi77

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Richfield

What are the most common crimes in Richfield?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are shoplifting (about 379 a year), other larceny (about 157 a year) and motor vehicle theft (about 93 a year). Compared with the U.S., shoplifting stands out most: 3.3 times the U.S. rate per resident.

How we calculated this

Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Richfield's figures add up its 33 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Richfield's published incident records inform the estimate for every neighborhood.
  • 25.7% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
  • Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
  • Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
  • Residents: 36,487. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Richfield, Minnesota." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/mn/richfield

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100