Crime Grade · Minnesota

Most Dangerous Cities in Minnesota

91 reporting Minnesota cities ranked from highest violent crime rate down, by FBI violent crime rate per 100,000 residents. Data from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

State median violent crime rate: 138.6 per 100,000. Cities with population ≥ 10,000. Letter grade is the national decile against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities — same grade everywhere on this site.

Rank	City	Population	Violent / 100k	Grade
1	Minneapolis	428,057	1000.6	D8/10
2	Bemidji	15,815	727.2	C7/10
3	Brooklyn Center	31,297	514.4	C6/10
4	St. Paul	307,657	489.2	C6/10
5	Maplewood	39,828	379.1	B5/10
6	Roseville	35,618	356.6	B4/10
7	St. Cloud	72,794	353.1	B4/10
8	Brooklyn Park	82,087	344.8	B4/10
9	Robbinsdale	13,850	339.4	B4/10
10	Willmar	22,110	339.2	B4/10
11	Moorhead	46,027	319.4	B4/10
12	Mankato	46,927	289.8	B4/10
13	Fridley	30,963	287.4	B4/10
14	Bloomington	87,974	284.2	B4/10
15	Marshall	14,033	277.9	B4/10
16	Crystal	21,801	275.2	B4/10
17	Worthington	13,721	269.7	B4/10
18	West St. Paul	22,278	264.8	B4/10
19	Hopkins	19,584	260.4	B4/10
20	Brainerd	14,407	249.9	A3/10
21	Faribault	25,117	246.8	A3/10
22	Columbia Heights	23,420	243.4	A3/10
23	Duluth	88,307	229.9	A3/10
24	North St. Paul	12,766	227.2	A3/10
25	Red Wing	16,828	208.0	A3/10
26	Owatonna	26,680	198.7	A3/10
27	St. Anthony	12,595	198.5	A3/10
28	Apple Valley	55,025	198.1	A3/10
29	Richfield	36,384	197.9	A3/10
30	Fairmont	10,110	197.8	A3/10
31	Anoka	18,110	193.3	A3/10
32	Detroit Lakes	10,032	189.4	A3/10
33	Austin	26,812	186.5	A3/10
34	Alexandria	15,043	186.1	A3/10
35	Rochester	124,142	175.6	A2/10
36	Northfield	21,442	172.6	A2/10
37	Burnsville	64,952	164.7	A2/10
38	North Mankato	14,103	163.1	A2/10
39	Inver Grove Heights	36,327	162.4	A2/10
40	Sauk Rapids	13,816	159.2	A2/10
41	Winona	26,221	156.4	A2/10
42	Fergus Falls	14,294	153.9	A2/10
43	Hutchinson	14,734	149.3	A2/10
44	Cloquet	12,452	144.6	A2/10
45	Coon Rapids	63,860	144.1	A2/10
46	Oakdale	31,027	138.6	A2/10
47	Mounds View	12,779	133.0	A2/10
48	Prior Lake	28,117	131.6	A2/10
49	Eagan	66,870	128.6	A2/10
50	St. Louis Park	49,870	122.3	A2/10
51	Albert Lea	18,074	121.7	A2/10
52	New Brighton	22,189	112.7	A1/10
53	Maple Grove	73,363	111.8	A1/10
54	South St. Paul	20,560	107.0	A1/10
55	Chaska	30,771	104.0	A1/10
56	Orono	19,315	103.5	A1/10
57	Minnetonka	52,294	101.4	A1/10
58	Savage	32,977	97.0	A1/10
59	White Bear Lake	23,245	94.6	A1/10
60	Big Lake	13,141	91.3	A1/10
61	Lakeville	80,095	91.1	A1/10
62	Shakopee	49,549	88.8	A1/10
63	New Hope	20,465	88.0	A1/10
64	Elk River	28,039	82.0	A1/10
65	Centennial Lakes	12,212	81.9	A1/10
66	Stillwater	19,382	77.4	A1/10
67	St. Peter	12,552	71.7	A1/10
68	Woodbury	81,929	70.8	A1/10
69	Blaine	76,398	66.8	A1/10
70	Champlin	22,848	65.7	A1/10
71	Sartell	20,133	64.6	A1/10
72	Plymouth	77,963	64.1	A1/10
73	North Branch	12,637	63.3	A1/10
74	Rosemount	31,932	59.5	A1/10
75	Cottage Grove	43,759	54.8	A1/10
76	Eden Prairie	62,593	54.3	A1/10
77	Rogers	14,805	54.0	A1/10
78	Buffalo	16,851	53.4	A1/10
79	Mendota Heights	11,489	52.2	A1/10
80	Edina	53,617	52.2	A1/10
81	Hermantown	10,276	48.7	A1/10
82	Farmington	24,671	48.6	A1/10
83	Lino Lakes	23,111	43.3	A1/10
84	Dayton	11,784	42.4	A1/10
85	South Lake Minnetonka	12,057	41.5	A1/10
86	Cambridge	11,325	35.3	A1/10
87	Minnetrista	11,431	35.0	A1/10
88	New Ulm	13,931	28.7	A1/10
89	Lakes Area	11,047	27.2	A1/10
90	Ramsey	29,304	17.1	A1/10
91	Hibbing	15,881	6.3	A1/10

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About this ranking

Cities are ranked by the FBI's reported violent crime rate per 100,000 residents for the most recent fully-reported year (see individual city pages for the year shown). The list is restricted to cities with population ≥ 10,000 that report to the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer. Refreshed every six months.