West Fargo, ND carries a PlainCrime A safety grade with violent crime 53% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, West Fargo, ND shows violent crime at 163.8 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,014.3 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 53% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade A from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
A safety grade
163.8/100K violent
1014.3/100K property
-53% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for West Fargo, ND
Comparable rate records
West Fargo's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the North Dakota cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to West Fargo's 163.8 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Valley City (152.9), Tioga (145.6), Stanley (187.5), Wishek (119.5). 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.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 68.0% of reported property offenses in West Fargo, against a cohort median of 79.2%. The remainder is burglary (95) and motor vehicle theft (38). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Position in the state cohort
West Fargo sits mid-pack among comparable North Dakota cities
At 163.8 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, West Fargo ranks 11 of 23 — above 12 of the 22 other North Dakota cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +9.7% against the cohort median of 149.3. 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 close to where it started
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 160.8 per 100,000 in 2020 to 163.8 in 2024 (+1.8%). The highest observed value was 207.2 in 2023 and the lowest 160.8 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate West Fargo'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.
West Fargo's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 16.2 Census sq mi, West Fargo logged 25.7 property and 4.1 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
West Fargo leans on larceny-theft at 59% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,961.
Violent offenses are only 14% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (16.2 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Both rates shifted (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-20.9%
207.2 → 163.8/100K
Property Crime Rate
-23.7%
1329.5 → 1014.3/100K
Property offenses lead West Fargo's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
vs ND
Property Crime
415
1014.3
1711
1705.7
Larceny-Theft
282
689.2
-
-
Burglary
95
232.2
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
38
92.9
-
-
Arson
2
4.9
-
-
Violent Crime
67
163.8
352
256.7
Aggravated Assault
39
95.3
-
-
Rape
22
53.8
-
-
Robbery
5
12.2
-
-
Murder
1
2.4
-
-
West Fargo Crime Trend (2020-2024)
West Fargo 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
West Fargo Police Department
Reporting agency for West Fargo NIBRS-participating
West Fargo Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind West Fargo's 482 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 North Dakota
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the North Dakota cities closest to West Fargo in population. Their populations run from 6,541 to 58,848, against 40,915 here. Or use our
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West Fargo at 163.8/100K violent and 1,014.3/100K property - matched below outside North Dakota (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, West Fargo reported 67 violent crimes and 415 property crimes, for a total of 482 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in West Fargo?
From 2023 to 2024, West Fargo's violent crime rate decreased by 20.9%, and the property crime rate decreased by 23.7%.
What is the most common crime in West Fargo?
The most common crime type in West Fargo is larceny-theft, accounting for 58.5% of all reported crimes (282 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: West Fargo 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 West Fargo, ND rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.