County crime profile · 2024 · very large county · property-led
Washington County, MN
At 267,568 residents, Washington 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).
Washington County, MN reported 24 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Washington County, MN agencies reported 63 violent and 397 property offenses. That equals about 24 violent and 148 property crimes per 100,000 using a verified Census population join. Table 10 coverage is a voluntary subset of U.S. counties.
2024 UCR year
63 violent offenses
24/100K violent rate
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Washington County, MN
Position in the state cohort
Washington County sits mid-pack among comparable Minnesota counties
At 23.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Washington County ranks 57 of 80 — above 23 of the 79 other Minnesota counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is -50.5% against the cohort median of 47.5. Counties 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 higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 19.1 per 100,000 in 2020 to 23.5 in 2024 (+23.5%). The highest observed value was 31.8 in 2021 and the lowest 19.1 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 13.7% of the 460 Part I offenses reported in Washington County for 2024, against a median of 19.8% across comparable Minnesota counties — a gap of 6.1 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
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.
Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · very large county
Category
Count
Property Crime
397
Burglary
58
Larceny-Theft
305
Motor Vehicle Theft
34
Arson
3
Violent Crime
63
Murder
0
Rape
18
Robbery
3
Aggravated Assault
42
Reporting Agency
Washington County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating
Washington County's crime figures on this page originate from Washington 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.
Similar-Size Counties in Minnesota
A per-capita rate is easiest to read against places of similar scale, so these are the Minnesota counties closest to Washington County in population. Their populations run from 150,928 to 363,887, against 267,568 here. Or launch the
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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.
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.