What is the safest city in Minnesota?

Based on 2024 FBI data, Montevideo is the safest city in Minnesota with a violent crime rate of 0.0 per 100,000 residents.

What is the most dangerous city in Minnesota?

Onamia has the highest violent crime rate in Minnesota at 1411.8 per 100,000 residents in 2024.

How many cities in Minnesota report crime data?

284 cities in Minnesota reported crime data to the FBI in 2024.

Safest Cities in Minnesota (2024)

Ranked by violent crime rate per 100,000 residents from 2024 FBI data. Minnesota has 284 cities reporting crime data, with a statewide violent crime rate of 256.6 per 100K.

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Cities Tracked

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Safest City Rate

97.5

Median City Rate

1411.8

Highest Rate

Top 25 Safest Cities in Minnesota

#	City	Population	Property Rate	Grade
1	Montevideo	5,180	0.0	A+
2	Elko New Market	5,126	0.0	A+
3	Goodview	4,077	24.5	A+
4	Perham	3,718	376.5	A+
5	Deephaven	3,691	352.2	A+
6	Two Harbors	3,498	600.3	A+
7	Chatfield	2,991	0.0	A+
8	Breezy Point	2,814	142.1	A+
9	Caledonia	2,775	0.0	A+
10	Pequot Lakes	2,486	0.0	A+
11	Crosby	2,354	212.4	A+
12	Arlington	2,326	258.0	A+
13	Rice	2,250	266.7	A+
14	Howard Lake	2,220	270.3	A+
15	Nisswa	2,175	643.7	A+
16	Slayton	1,965	814.2	A+
17	Lester Prairie	1,902	262.9	A+
18	Kenyon	1,874	0.0	A+
19	Rushford	1,861	0.0	A+
20	Warroad	1,825	164.4	A+
21	Braham	1,792	111.6	A+
22	Dundas	1,774	1014.7	A+
23	Osakis	1,747	171.7	A+
24	Avon	1,713	291.9	A+
25	Ada	1,690	0.0	A+

Most Dangerous Cities in Minnesota

#	City	Population	Violent Rate	Murder Rate	Grade
1	Onamia	850	1411.8	0.0	F
2	Minneapolis	423,282	1160.2	17.9	F
3	Bemidji	15,853	813.7	0.0	F
4	International Falls	5,542	703.7	0.0	F
5	Brooklyn Center	31,058	679.4	0.0	F
6	Breckenridge	3,301	636.2	0.0	F
7	St. Paul	304,051	617.7	8.6	F
8	Gilbert	1,656	603.9	0.0	F
9	Maplewood	39,638	454.1	5.0	F
10	Willmar	21,437	438.5	0.0	F
11	Brainerd	14,615	431.1	0.0	F
12	Crookston	7,205	416.4	0.0	F
13	Park Rapids	4,348	414.0	0.0	F
14	Virginia	8,253	412.0	0.0	F
15	St. Cloud	71,492	408.4	0.0	F

All 284 Cities in Minnesota

Complete list ranked from safest to most dangerous.

Show all 284 cities

#	City	Pop.	Violent Rate	Grade
1	Montevideo	5,180	0.0	A+
2	Elko New Market	5,126	0.0	A+
3	Goodview	4,077	0.0	A+
4	Perham	3,718	0.0	A+
5	Deephaven	3,691	0.0	A+
6	Two Harbors	3,498	0.0	A+
7	Chatfield	2,991	0.0	A+
8	Breezy Point	2,814	0.0	A+
9	Caledonia	2,775	0.0	A+
10	Pequot Lakes	2,486	0.0	A+
11	Crosby	2,354	0.0	A+
12	Arlington	2,326	0.0	A+
13	Rice	2,250	0.0	A+
14	Howard Lake	2,220	0.0	A+
15	Nisswa	2,175	0.0	A+
16	Slayton	1,965	0.0	A+
17	Lester Prairie	1,902	0.0	A+
18	Kenyon	1,874	0.0	A+
19	Rushford	1,861	0.0	A+
20	Warroad	1,825	0.0	A+
21	Braham	1,792	0.0	A+
22	Dundas	1,774	0.0	A+
23	Osakis	1,747	0.0	A+
24	Avon	1,713	0.0	A+
25	Ada	1,690	0.0	A+
26	Canby	1,681	0.0	A+
27	Lewiston	1,501	0.0	A+
28	Starbuck	1,420	0.0	A+
29	Winnebago	1,381	0.0	A+
30	Glyndon	1,376	0.0	A+
31	Menahga	1,347	0.0	A+
32	Winthrop	1,328	0.0	A+
33	Preston	1,326	0.0	A+
34	Frazee	1,301	0.0	A+
35	Fairfax	1,202	0.0	A+
36	Adrian	1,177	0.0	A+
37	Lake Shore	1,139	0.0	A+
38	Tyler	1,093	0.0	A+
39	Atwater	1,073	0.0	A+
40	Eden Valley	1,072	0.0	A+
41	Parkers Prairie	1,031	0.0	A+
42	Walker	984	0.0	A+
43	Henderson	982	0.0	A+
44	Houston	978	0.0	A+
45	Battle Lake	929	0.0	A+
46	Morgan	874	0.0	A+
47	Emily	872	0.0	A+
48	Hallock	863	0.0	A+
49	Henning	860	0.0	A+
50	Lamberton	779	0.0	A+
51	Cleveland	773	0.0	A+
52	Sebeka	740	0.0	A+
53	Walnut Grove	732	0.0	A+
54	Westbrook	727	0.0	A+
55	Brownton	708	0.0	A
56	Minnesota Lake	657	0.0	A
57	Buffalo Lake	630	0.0	A
58	Heron Lake	587	0.0	A
59	Audubon	561	0.0	A
60	Hokah	544	0.0	A
61	Pillager	524	0.0	A
62	Floodwood	517	0.0	A
63	Verndale	509	0.0	A
64	Clearbrook	466	0.0	A
65	Akeley	432	0.0	A
66	McGregor	379	0.0	A
67	Comfrey	377	0.0	A
68	Cuyuna	331	0.0	A
69	Callaway	183	0.0	A
70	Corcoran	8,276	12.1	A
71	Medina	7,104	14.1	A
72	Dayton	11,273	17.7	A
73	Bayport	3,712	26.9	A
74	Montgomery	3,595	27.8	A
75	South Lake Minnetonka	11,961	33.4	A
76	Lino Lakes	22,685	35.3	A
77	Cottage Grove	43,131	39.4	B+
78	Lonsdale	5,016	39.9	B+
79	Osseo	2,472	40.5	B+
80	Crosslake	2,442	41.0	B+
81	Madelia	2,367	42.2	B+
82	Olivia	2,270	44.1	B+
83	Minnetrista	11,072	45.2	B+
84	Aitkin	2,149	46.5	B+
85	New Prague	8,267	48.4	B+
86	Zumbrota	4,101	48.8	B+
87	St. Charles	4,042	49.5	B+
88	Springfield	1,980	50.5	B+
89	Plymouth	76,577	50.9	B+
90	Orono	18,943	52.8	B+
91	Buffalo	16,627	54.1	B+
92	East Range	3,634	55.0	B+
93	Princeton	5,418	55.4	B+
94	Plainview	3,541	56.5	B+
95	Rosemount	28,220	56.7	B+
96	Lakefield	1,712	58.4	B+
97	Wyoming	8,143	61.4	B+
98	Ramsey	28,813	62.5	B+
99	Hibbing	15,915	62.8	B+
100	Cambridge	10,802	64.8	B+
101	Sauk Centre	4,626	64.9	B+
102	Sartell	19,845	65.5	B+
103	Centennial Lakes	12,219	65.5	B+
104	Moose Lake	2,987	67.0	B+
105	Golden Valley	20,806	67.3	B+
106	Le Sueur	4,226	71.0	B
107	New Ulm	13,858	72.2	B
108	Barnesville	2,767	72.3	B
109	Belgrade/Brooten	1,380	72.5	B
110	St. Peter	12,362	72.8	B
111	Edina	53,347	73.1	B
112	Eden Prairie	61,511	73.2	B
113	New York Mills	1,356	73.7	B
114	Lake City	5,336	75.0	B
115	La Crescent	5,279	75.8	B
116	Madison Lake	1,318	75.9	B
117	Lakeville	78,436	76.5	B
118	Wabasha	2,604	76.8	B
119	Pelican Rapids	2,599	77.0	B
120	Becker	5,132	77.9	B
121	Savage	33,140	78.5	B
122	Hermantown	10,196	78.5	B
123	Farmington	23,995	79.2	B
124	Isanti	7,540	79.6	B
125	Stillwater	19,185	83.4	B
126	Chaska	29,431	84.9	B
127	White Bear Lake	23,106	86.6	B
128	Annandale	3,451	86.9	B
129	Hawley	2,299	87.0	B
130	Sauk Rapids	13,736	87.4	B
131	Grand Rapids	11,333	88.2	B
132	Jordan	6,781	88.5	B
133	Glencoe	5,652	88.5	B
134	Blaine	74,913	89.4	B
135	Elk River	27,826	89.8	B
136	Thief River Falls	8,816	90.7	B
137	New Brighton	22,022	90.8	B
138	Wadena	4,327	92.4	B
139	Mapleton	2,144	93.3	B
140	Sherburn	1,047	95.5	B
141	West Hennepin	5,225	95.7	B
142	Kasson	7,208	97.1	B
143	Proctor	3,078	97.5	B
144	Milaca	3,066	97.8	B
145	Woodbury	80,940	98.8	B
146	Little Falls	9,088	99.0	B
147	Hector	981	101.9	B
148	Lakes Area	10,781	102.0	B
149	Eagan	66,956	103.1	B
150	Prior Lake	28,163	106.5	C+
151	North Branch	12,137	107.1	C+
152	Melrose	3,612	110.7	C+
153	Deer River	903	110.7	C+
154	Wayzata	6,232	112.3	C+
155	East Grand Forks	8,859	112.9	C+
156	Maple Grove	71,622	113.1	C+
157	Hastings	22,112	113.1	C+
158	Waterville	1,754	114.0	C+
159	Glenwood	2,630	114.1	C+
160	Sleepy Eye	3,495	114.4	C+
161	Champlin	22,532	115.4	C+
162	Minnetonka	51,935	115.5	C+
163	Shakopee	48,239	116.1	C+
164	St. Anthony	12,658	118.5	C+
165	Le Center	2,520	119.0	C+
166	St. Joseph	6,699	119.4	C+
167	West Concord	834	119.9	C+
168	Lake Crystal	2,487	120.6	C+
169	Cold Spring/Richmond	5,797	120.8	C+
170	Janesville	2,484	120.8	C+
171	Forest Lake	20,680	120.9	C+
172	Blackduck	810	123.5	C+
173	Ely	3,211	124.6	C+
174	Gaylord	2,341	128.2	C+
175	Waite Park	8,413	130.8	C+
176	Rogers	13,716	131.2	C+
177	Big Lake	12,904	131.7	C+
178	Belle Plaine	7,433	134.5	C+
179	Pierz	1,473	135.8	C+
180	Lake Park	716	139.7	C+
181	Cannon Falls	4,196	143.0	C+
182	Motley	691	144.7	C+
183	Babbitt	1,370	146.0	C+
184	Appleton	1,358	147.3	C
185	Foley	2,711	147.5	C
186	Minneota	1,344	148.8	C
187	North Mankato	14,021	149.8	C
188	St. James	4,669	149.9	C
189	Owatonna	26,573	150.5	C
190	Fulda	1,322	151.3	C
191	Northfield	21,099	151.7	C
192	Bagley	1,311	152.6	C
193	Paynesville	2,616	152.9	C
194	Rochester	122,694	154.0	C
195	West St. Paul	22,128	162.7	C
196	Staples	3,042	164.4	C
197	Hill City	608	164.5	C
198	Inver Grove Heights	36,212	165.7	C
199	Detroit Lakes	9,969	170.5	C
200	New Hope	20,319	172.3	C
201	Baxter	9,249	173.0	C
202	Deerwood	578	173.0	C
203	Cloquet	12,570	175.0	C
204	St. Louis Park	49,592	179.5	C
205	Winsted	2,219	180.3	C
206	Oakdale	28,214	180.8	C
207	Winona	26,045	188.1	C
208	North St. Paul	12,762	188.1	C
209	Mounds View	12,730	188.5	C
210	Breitung Township	526	190.1	C
211	Austin	26,160	191.1	C
212	Mendota Heights	11,501	191.3	C
213	Dawson/Boyd	1,564	191.8	C
214	Waseca	9,219	195.2	C
215	Red Wing	16,819	202.2	D+
216	Fergus Falls	14,245	203.6	D+
217	Benson	3,425	204.4	D+
218	Eveleth	3,417	204.9	D+
219	Keewatin	972	205.8	D+
220	Albert Lea	18,194	208.9	D+
221	Nashwauk	955	209.4	D+
222	Burnsville	64,860	209.7	D+
223	Coon Rapids	63,308	211.7	D+
224	Pine River	935	213.9	D+
225	Apple Valley	55,028	214.4	D+
226	Hutchinson	14,730	217.2	D+
227	Duluth	88,003	219.3	D+
228	St. Francis	8,534	222.6	D+
229	Silver Bay	1,796	222.7	D+
230	Dilworth	4,828	227.8	D+
231	Royalton	1,279	234.6	D+
232	Renville	1,254	239.2	D+
233	Long Prairie	3,722	241.8	D+
234	Anoka	18,022	244.1	D+
235	Litchfield	6,512	245.7	D+
236	Fridley	30,355	247.1	D+
237	Windom	4,793	250.4	D+
238	Wells	2,396	250.4	D+
239	Mankato	46,137	255.8	D+
240	Blooming Prairie	1,933	258.7	D+
241	Richfield	36,287	267.3	D+
242	Marshall	13,924	272.9	D
243	Chisholm	4,663	278.8	D
244	Crystal	21,477	279.4	D
245	Albany	2,848	280.9	D
246	Worthington	13,523	281.0	D
247	Hopkins	18,454	281.8	D
248	Spring Lake Park	7,007	285.4	D
249	Alexandria	15,136	290.7	D
250	Brooklyn Park	80,665	291.3	D
251	Fairmont	10,173	294.9	D
252	Redwood Falls	5,044	297.4	D
253	Granite Falls	2,670	299.6	D
254	St. Paul Park	5,315	301.0	D
255	Faribault	24,708	307.6	D
256	Bloomington	86,598	311.8	D
257	Columbia Heights	23,341	321.3	D
258	New Richland	1,211	330.3	D
259	Roseau	2,677	336.2	D
260	South St. Paul	20,648	348.7	D
261	Isle	830	361.4	D
262	Mountain Lake	1,929	362.9	D
263	Moorhead	45,424	365.4	D
264	Fosston	1,368	365.5	D
265	Blue Earth	3,161	379.6	F
266	Gibbon	788	380.7	F
267	Robbinsdale	13,771	384.9	F
268	Oak Park Heights	4,625	389.2	F
269	Roseville	35,507	399.9	F
270	St. Cloud	71,492	408.4	F
271	Virginia	8,253	412.0	F
272	Park Rapids	4,348	414.0	F
273	Crookston	7,205	416.4	F
274	Brainerd	14,615	431.1	F
275	Willmar	21,437	438.5	F
276	Maplewood	39,638	454.1	F
277	Gilbert	1,656	603.9	F
278	St. Paul	304,051	617.7	F
279	Breckenridge	3,301	636.2	F
280	Brooklyn Center	31,058	679.4	F
281	International Falls	5,542	703.7	F
282	Bemidji	15,853	813.7	F
283	Minneapolis	423,282	1160.2	F
284	Onamia	850	1411.8	F

About This Data

Crime rates are from the FBI's 2024 Uniform Crime Report, the most recent data available. Rates are per 100,000 residents. Safety grades are based on national percentile ranking — an "A" means the city is safer than 80%+ of all US cities in our database.

Not all cities report to the FBI. Small agencies may have incomplete data. Always consider multiple years of data before drawing conclusions about a city's safety.

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National demographic context: Crime and safety vary across racial and ethnic groups. Per-city demographic data is not published by the FBI, but national patterns show significant disparities. Full demographics | Racial disparities

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