Red Wing, MN carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 43% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Red Wing, MN shows violent crime at 202.2 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,152.3 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 43% 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
202.2/100K violent
2152.3/100K property
-43% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Red Wing, MN
Comparable rate records
Red Wing's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Minnesota cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Red Wing's 202.2 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Fergus Falls (203.6), Benson (204.4), Eveleth (204.9), Albert Lea (208.9). 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
Red Wing reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Minnesota cities
At 202.2 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Red Wing ranks 68 of 276 — above 208 of the 275 other Minnesota cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +106.6% 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 251.5 per 100,000 in 2020 to 202.2 in 2024 (-19.6%). The highest observed value was 306.6 in 2022 and the lowest 179.4 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Red Wing'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.
Red Wing's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 34.8 Census sq mi, Red Wing logged 10.4 property and 1 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Red Wing's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (80% of 396 offenses; mix index 6,510).
Violent offenses are only 9% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (34.8 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
+12.7%
179.4 → 202.2/100K
Property Crime Rate
+1.7%
2116.6 → 2152.3/100K
Property offenses lead Red Wing's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs MN
vs US avg
Property Crime
362
2152.3
1624.6
1711
Larceny-Theft
316
1878.8
-
-
Burglary
38
225.9
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
8
47.6
-
-
Arson
2
11.9
-
-
Violent Crime
34
202.2
259.4
352
Aggravated Assault
26
154.6
-
-
Rape
7
41.6
-
-
Murder
1
5.9
-
-
Robbery
0
0
-
-
Red Wing Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Red Wing 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
Red Wing Police Department
Reporting agency for Red Wing NIBRS-participating
Red Wing Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Red Wing's 396 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 Red Wing in population. Their populations run from 14,730 to 18,454, against 16,819 here. Or use our
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Red Wing at 202.2/100K violent and 2,152.3/100K property - matched below outside Minnesota (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Red Wing reported 34 violent crimes and 362 property crimes, for a total of 396 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Red Wing?
From 2023 to 2024, Red Wing's violent crime rate increased by 12.7%, and the property crime rate increased by 1.7%.
What is the most common crime in Red Wing?
The most common crime type in Red Wing is larceny-theft, accounting for 79.8% of all reported crimes (316 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Red Wing 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 Red Wing, MN rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.