State crime profile · 2024

Minnesota Crime Rates: Safest & Most Dangerous Cities

Crime data for 278 cities and 84 of 87 counties in Minnesota (MN), ranked safest to most dangerous from 400 reporting agencies.

Data updated 2026-09-05

259.4
Violent / 100K
1,624.6
Property / 100K
278
Cities
84
Counties

Minnesota violent crime is 259.4 per 100,000, 26% below the U.S. average

According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Minnesota records 259.4 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, 26% below the national average (about the 20th-safest of 51 states and D.C.). Statewide averages hide city and county variation; UCR participation is voluntary.

  • 259.4 violent crimes per 100K
  • -26% vs. the U.S. average
  • 20th safest of 51 states & DC
  • 1,624.6 property crimes per 100K

How safe is Minnesota? FBI UCR data snapshot

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.

The FBI's state-level summary reports violent and property crime as aggregate totals rather than broken out by individual offense type (murder, rape, robbery, assault, burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, arson). For an offense-by-offense breakdown, see the individual city and county pages for Minnesota below, which draw on FBI UCR Tables 8 and 10 and do report each offense type separately.

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.

How Minnesota ranks nationally

Minnesota vs. every U.S. state

Violent crime per 100,000 residents, FBI UCR 2024. Lower is safer.

259 Safer than 61% among 51 U.S. states

MN 0 1,100+ every state & DC, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band of values; taller bars hold more U.S. states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · 2024

Safest cities · Most dangerous cities · Crime trends

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

Safest cities in Minnesota

Cities with 25,000+ residents, lowest violent crime per 100,000, FBI UCR 2024. Hover a bar for the exact rate.

/100K

What this shows Cottage Grove is the safest sizeable city in Minnesota, at 39.4 violent crimes per 100,000.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024

Highest violent-crime cities in Minnesota

Cities with 25,000+ residents, highest violent crime per 100,000, FBI UCR 2024. Hover a bar for the exact rate.

/100K

What this shows Minneapolis reports the highest big-city violent-crime rate in Minnesota, at 1,160.2 per 100,000.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024

Minneapolis is both volume #1 and rate #1 among 40 Minnesota cities with 25,000+ residents in FBI UCR 2024. That non-invert is disclosed, not hidden.

Minnesota's largest cities, violent vs. property crime. X axis violent crime per 100K, Y axis property crime per 100K, split by the national averages. 14 cities; the anchor is ringed. Minnesota's largest cities, violent vs. property crime 46 1,253 Violent crime per 100K → 514 5,554 Property crime per 100K → Minneapolis St. Paul Rochester Duluth SAFEST HIGHEST CRIME PROPERTY-HEAVY VIOLENT-HEAVY Safety grade A / B C D / F
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are Minnesota's statewide averages · the four largest cities are labeled
Read the chart as a list
  • Minneapolis: 1160 violent, 5143 property per 100,000 (grade F)
  • St. Paul: 618 violent, 2834 property per 100,000 (grade F)
  • Rochester: 154 violent, 1368 property per 100,000 (grade B)
  • Duluth: 219 violent, 2954 property per 100,000 (grade C)
  • Bloomington: 312 violent, 3464 property per 100,000 (grade D)
  • Woodbury: 99 violent, 1180 property per 100,000 (grade A)
  • Brooklyn Park: 291 violent, 2478 property per 100,000 (grade C)
  • Lakeville: 77 violent, 571 property per 100,000 (grade A)
  • Plymouth: 51 violent, 1024 property per 100,000 (grade A)
  • Blaine: 89 violent, 1411 property per 100,000 (grade A)
  • Maple Grove: 113 violent, 1763 property per 100,000 (grade B)
  • St. Cloud: 408 violent, 2915 property per 100,000 (grade D)
  • Eagan: 103 violent, 1770 property per 100,000 (grade B)
  • Burnsville: 210 violent, 1889 property per 100,000 (grade B)
C

Minnesota safety livability score: 58/100

Percentile-benchmarked against all 51 tracked states, 2024 FBI UCR data.

  • Violent crime rate

    259.4/100K · C (61th percentile)

  • Property crime rate

    1624.6/100K · D (53th percentile)

  • Murder rate

    N/A, dropped from score, weight redistributed

City Population Violent / 100K Grade
Minneapolis 423,282
1,160.2
F
St. Paul 304,051
617.7
F
Rochester 122,694
154
B
Duluth 88,003
219.3
C
Bloomington 86,598
311.8
D
Woodbury 80,940
98.8
A
Brooklyn Park 80,665
291.3
C
Lakeville 78,436
76.5
A
Plymouth 76,577
50.9
A
Blaine 74,913
89.4
A
Maple Grove 71,622
113.1
B
St. Cloud 71,492
408.4
D
Eagan 66,956
103.1
B
Burnsville 64,860
209.7
B
Coon Rapids 63,308
211.7
B
Eden Prairie 61,511
73.2
A
Apple Valley 55,028
214.4
B
Edina 53,347
73.1
A
Minnetonka 51,935
115.5
B
St. Louis Park 49,592
179.5
C
Shakopee 48,239
116.1
A
Mankato 46,137
255.8
C
Moorhead 45,424
365.4
C
Cottage Grove 43,131
39.4
A+
Maplewood 39,638
454.1
D
Richfield 36,287
267.3
C
Inver Grove Heights 36,212
165.7
B
Roseville 35,507
399.9
D
Savage 33,140
78.5
A
Brooklyn Center 31,058
679.4
F
Fridley 30,355
247.1
C
Chaska 29,431
84.9
A
Ramsey 28,813
62.5
A
Rosemount 28,220
56.7
A+
Oakdale 28,214
180.8
B
Prior Lake 28,163
106.5
A
Elk River 27,826
89.8
A
Owatonna 26,573
150.5
A
Austin 26,160
191.1
B
Winona 26,045
188.1
B
Faribault 24,708
307.6
B
Farmington 23,995
79.2
A
Columbia Heights 23,341
321.3
C
White Bear Lake 23,106
86.6
A
Lino Lakes 22,685
35.3
A+
Champlin 22,532
115.4
A
West St. Paul 22,128
162.7
C
Hastings 22,112
113.1
A
New Brighton 22,022
90.8
A
Crystal 21,477
279.4
C
Willmar 21,437
438.5
C
Northfield 21,099
151.7
B
Golden Valley 20,806
67.3
A
Forest Lake 20,680
120.9
A
South St. Paul 20,648
348.7
C
New Hope 20,319
172.3
B
Sartell 19,845
65.5
A
Stillwater 19,185
83.4
A
Orono 18,943
52.8
A+
Hopkins 18,454
281.8
B
Albert Lea 18,194
208.9
B
Anoka 18,022
244.1
B
Red Wing 16,819
202.2
B
Buffalo 16,627
54.1
A+
Hibbing 15,915
62.8
A
Bemidji 15,853
813.7
F
Alexandria 15,136
290.7
C
Hutchinson 14,730
217.2
B
Brainerd 14,615
431.1
C
Fergus Falls 14,245
203.6
C
North Mankato 14,021
149.8
A
Marshall 13,924
272.9
B
New Ulm 13,858
72.2
A
Robbinsdale 13,771
384.9
C
Sauk Rapids 13,736
87.4
A
Rogers 13,716
131.2
B
Worthington 13,523
281
B
Big Lake 12,904
131.7
A
North St. Paul 12,762
188.1
B
Mounds View 12,730
188.5
B
St. Anthony 12,658
118.5
B
Cloquet 12,570
175
A
St. Peter 12,362
72.8
A
Centennial Lakes 12,219
65.5
A
North Branch 12,137
107.1
A
South Lake Minnetonka 11,961
33.4
A+
Mendota Heights 11,501
191.3
B
Grand Rapids 11,333
88.2
A
Dayton 11,273
17.7
A+
Minnetrista 11,072
45.2
A+
Cambridge 10,802
64.8
A
Lakes Area 10,781
102
A
Hermantown 10,196
78.5
B
Fairmont 10,173
294.9
C
Detroit Lakes 9,969
170.5
B
Baxter 9,249
173
C
Waseca 9,219
195.2
B
Little Falls 9,088
99
B
East Grand Forks 8,859
112.9
A
Thief River Falls 8,816
90.7
A
Showing the 100 largest of 278 reporting cities. Browse all 278 cities → Or see the safest and most dangerous rankings.

Counties in Minnesota

84 of 87 Census county-equivalents (96.6%) appear in FBI Table 10 for this vintage. Missing counties are absent from the FBI source for this year, not dropped by PlainCrime. See national county coverage and methodology.

Largest counties in Minnesota, violent crime per 100K

The 6 of the 8 largest counties with complete FBI agency coverage, violent crime per 100,000 residents. Hover a bar for the exact rate.

/100K
Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024

Not charted (Incomplete report): Hennepin, Dakota. Their 2024 FBI agency coverage fails this site's completeness screen, so a rate here would read as unusually safe only because agencies did not report.

Aitkin
Anoka
Becker
Beltrami
Benton
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Carlton
Carver
Cass
Chippewa
Chisago
Clay
Clearwater
Cook
Cottonwood
Crow Wing
Dakota
Dodge
Douglas
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Grant
Hennepin
Houston
Hubbard
Isanti
Itasca
Jackson
Kanabec
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Koochiching
Lac qui Parle
Lake
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Lyon
Mahnomen
Marshall
Martin
McLeod
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Mower
Murray
Nicollet
Nobles
Norman
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pennington
Pine
Pipestone
Polk
Pope
Ramsey
Red Lake
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
St. Louis
Stearns
Steele
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Traverse
Wabasha
Wadena
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Wilkin
Winona
Wright
Yellow Medicine

Nationwide peers for Minnesota

Similar violent rate (~259.4/100K)

Similar property rate (~1,624.6/100K)

Nearby States

Massachusetts
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Michigan
MI
Mississippi
MS
Missouri
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Montana
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Safest cities · Most dangerous · Trends · National rankings · Crime grades · Compare · Methodology

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. Verify with Census.gov QuickFacts.

Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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