Austin, MN carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 46% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Austin, MN shows violent crime at 191.1 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,601.7 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 46% 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
191.1/100K violent
1601.7/100K property
-46% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Austin, MN
Comparable rate records
Austin's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Minnesota cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Austin's 191.1 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Mendota Heights (191.3), Dawson/Boyd (191.8), Breitung Township (190.1), Mounds View (188.5). 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
Austin sits mid-pack among comparable Minnesota cities
At 191.1 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Austin ranks 72 of 276 — above 204 of the 275 other Minnesota cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +95.3% 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 277.0 per 100,000 in 2020 to 191.1 in 2024 (-31.0%). The highest observed value was 362.5 in 2021 and the lowest 191.1 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Austin'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.
Austin's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 13.5 Census sq mi, Austin logged 31.1 property and 3.7 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Austin's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (73% of 469 offenses; mix index 5,569).
Violent offenses are only 11% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (13.5 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
-15.1%
225.1 → 191.1/100K
Property Crime Rate
-5.7%
1697.7 → 1601.7/100K
Property offenses lead Austin's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
419
1601.7
1711
Larceny-Theft
344
1315
-
Burglary
44
168.2
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
31
118.5
-
Arson
3
11.5
-
Violent Crime
50
191.1
352
Aggravated Assault
33
126.1
-
Rape
11
42
-
Robbery
6
22.9
-
Murder
0
0
-
Austin Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Austin property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Austin Police Department
Reporting agency for Austin NIBRS-participating
Austin Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Austin's 469 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 Austin in population. Their populations run from 23,995 to 28,220, against 26,160 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Austin reported 50 violent crimes and 419 property crimes, for a total of 469 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Austin?
From 2023 to 2024, Austin's violent crime rate decreased by 15.1%, and the property crime rate decreased by 5.7%.
What is the most common crime in Austin?
The most common crime type in Austin is larceny-theft, accounting for 73.3% of all reported crimes (344 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Austin 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 Austin, MN rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.