County crime profile · 2024 · very large county · violent-led
At 439,882 residents, Dakota County is a very large county in Minnesota. FBI UCR county totals below are read before any per-100,000 rate (Census denominator when matched).
Data updated 2026-09-05
Dakota County, MN has incomplete FBI UCR agency reporting for 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, agencies serving Dakota County, MN submitted 15 violent and 12 property offenses against a population of 439,882. Participation is voluntary, so incomplete filings are not a county crime measure and no safety grade is assigned from them.
Incomplete FBI reporting for this county
Law-enforcement agencies serving Dakota County reported 15 violent and 12 property offences to the FBI for 2024 against a population of 439,882. Reporting to the UCR Program is voluntary, and figures this low for a population this size mean agencies did not submit complete data, not that little crime occurred. The numbers below are what was reported; they are not a measure of this county's crime level, and no safety grade is assigned from them.
Reporting completeness
FBI UCR participation is voluntary, and the 2024 submission covering Dakota County does not pass the completeness test this site applies for a population of 439,882. The counts below are shown because they are what agencies reported, but they are not treated here as the county’s crime level, and Dakota County is excluded from rankings and comparisons on this site for 2024.
Small-count caution
Dakota County reported 15 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 439,882. At this volume one additional or one fewer report moves the per-100,000 rate noticeably, so the figure is better read as a data point than as a precise measurement, and year-to-year swings here are expected.
On a very large county row, county figures aggregate every participating agency inside the county. Participation is voluntary. Per-100,000 rates use a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census county population, never a Table 10 field; unmatched counties stay count-only. A large county line encloses very different communities.
| Category | Count |
|---|---|
| Violent Crime | 15 |
| Murder | 1 |
| Rape | 2 |
| Robbery | 0 |
| Aggravated Assault | 12 |
| Property Crime | 12 |
| Burglary | 2 |
| Larceny-Theft | 8 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 2 |
| Arson | 0 |
Dakota County's crime figures on this page originate from Dakota County Sheriff's Office's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
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.
A per-capita rate is easiest to read against places of similar scale, so these are the Minnesota counties closest to Dakota County in population. Their populations run from 162,847 to 552,352, against 439,882 here. Or launch the side-by-side compare tool to benchmark two jurisdictions directly.
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Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10.
FBI Table 10 supplies county offense counts but no resident population. Where this page shows a per-100,000 rate, the denominator is a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census Bureau county population; unmatched county rows remain count-only. Statewide comparisons draw on the state UCR program. Verify with FBI.gov UCR and Census.gov QuickFacts.
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Put this to use
Use the Dakota County, MN FBI UCR county record to open cities inside the county, compare the state file, or look up another place.
County Table 10 totals are voluntary agency filings: incomplete coverage is not a county crime measure, and a countywide figure is not a neighbourhood verdict.
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