Minnesota Crime Rates: Safest & Most Dangerous Cities
Crime data for 278 cities and 84 counties in Minnesota (MN), ranked from safest to most dangerous. Data from 400 law enforcement agencies.
FBI UCR Data Snapshot: Minnesota
Minnesota (MN) reported 15,025 violent crimes and 94,113 property crimes in 2024, based on FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program submissions from 400 law enforcement agencies. That translates to a statewide violent crime rate of 259.4 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1624.6 per 100,000 against a reporting population of 5,793,151. The PlainCrime dataset indexes 278 Minnesota cities and 84 counties, each with their own detail pages and local crime figures drawn from FBI UCR Tables 8 and 10.
Within the statewide violent crime total, aggravated assault accounted for 0 incidents, robbery 0, murder and non-negligent manslaughter 0, and rape 0. Property crime splits across larceny-theft (0), burglary (0), motor vehicle theft (0), and arson (0).
Across 11 years of state-level UCR history (2014–2024), the violent crime rate moved from 228.8 to 259.4 per 100,000 — a rise of 13.4%. City-level detail pages within Minnesota include safety grades (A+ to F), benchmarks against national averages, per-capita risk estimates, and multi-year trend tables for users comparing specific jurisdictions. All figures above are drawn from FBI UCR 2024 submissions; reporting completeness varies by agency, and the FBI periodically restates prior-year figures as late submissions arrive.
Safest Cities
Top 50 by lowest violent crime rate
Most Dangerous Cities
Top 50 by highest violent crime rate
Crime Trends
Multi-year charts & analysis
Crime Trends
| Year | Population | Violent Crime | Rate | Property Crime | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5,793,151 | 15,025 | 259.4 | 94,113 | 1624.6 |
| 2023 | 5,737,915 | 15,145 | 263.9 | 98,940 | 1724.3 |
| 2022 | 5,717,184 | 16,218 | 283.7 | 113,706 | 1988.8 |
| 2021 | 5,707,390 | 17,705 | 310.2 | 117,898 | 2065.7 |
| 2020 | 5,657,342 | 15,765 | 278.7 | 121,216 | 2142.6 |
| 2019 | 5,639,632 | 13,383 | 237.3 | 118,150 | 2095 |
| 2018 | 5,611,179 | 12,366 | 220.4 | 112,238 | 2000.3 |
| 2017 | 5,576,606 | 13,321 | 238.9 | 122,760 | 2201.3 |
| 2016 | 5,519,952 | 13,268 | 240.4 | 117,747 | 2133.1 |
| 2015 | 5,489,594 | 13,383 | 243.8 | 122,429 | 2230.2 |
| 2014 | 5,457,173 | 12,485 | 228.8 | 125,689 | 2303.2 |
Cities in Minnesota
Counties in Minnesota
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Primary source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States annual release. State-level trends cross-check against the FBI Crime Data Explorer (CDE) API.
Population figures for rate calculations reference U.S. Census Bureau estimates where FBI-reported populations are unavailable.
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