Crime Grade · Minnesota

Safest Cities in Minnesota

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

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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.