Crime Grade · North Dakota
Safest Cities in North Dakota
9 reporting North Dakota 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: 287.3 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 | Jamestown | 15,782 | 133.1 | A2/10 |
| 2 | West Fargo | 41,577 | 182.8 | A3/10 |
| 3 | Dickinson | 25,670 | 183.1 | A3/10 |
| 4 | Bismarck | 78,814 | 237.3 | A3/10 |
| 5 | Mandan | 24,711 | 287.3 | B4/10 |
| 6 | Minot | 47,206 | 290.2 | B4/10 |
| 7 | Grand Forks | 58,848 | 360.3 | B5/10 |
| 8 | Fargo | 138,990 | 372.7 | B5/10 |
| 9 | Williston | 28,724 | 431.7 | B5/10 |
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.