Ranking of Minnesota Cities By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2017

Updated on January 9, 2025.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2017, among Minnesota cities with a population of at least 10K, Minneapolis had the highest Violent Crime Rate per 100K residents (1,101.27), followed by St. Paul (650.81), Brainerd (526.04), West St. Paul (450), and Brooklyn Center (403.37).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high Violent crime rate in 2017, and the table below shows the ranking of Minnesota cities with a population of at least 10K, based on the Violent crime rate per 100K.

You can see similar rankings of cities for other crime types in Minnesota, and the ranking of all cities in the US.

Hover over or click on the bars in the chart below, to see the number of Violent crimes for each city. The data can also be found in a table below. You can use the table to sort, filter, and explore the data further.

You can also see this information for other states.

You can also find the rate of violent and property crimes for Minnesota cities.

Data Source: FBI UCR.
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Ranking of Minnesota Cities By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2017
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Brainerd
West St. Paul
Brooklyn Center
St. Cloud
Bemidji
South St. Paul
Brooklyn Park
Willmar
Ranking of Minnesota Cities By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2017
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Rank City Crime Rate Per 100K
1 Minneapolis 1101.27
2 St. Paul 650.81
3 Brainerd 526.04
4 West St. Paul 450.00
5 Brooklyn Center 403.37
6 St. Cloud 376.96
7 Bemidji 371.99
8 South St. Paul 370.65
9 Brooklyn Park 349.73
10 Willmar 347.77
11 Duluth 323.27
12 Fridley 301.64
13 Alexandria 298.05
14 Faribault 290.98
15 Red Wing 266.04
16 Columbia Heights 258.11
17 Richfield 257.71
18 Mankato 254.48
19 Robbinsdale 254.38
20 Roseville 245.88
21 Anoka 235.11
22 Marshall 234.26
23 Maplewood 226.11
24 Crystal 215.77
25 Oakdale 212.91
26 Austin 210.60
27 Inver Grove Heights 209.91
28 Moorhead 209.31
29 Rochester 194.40
30 North Branch 193.26
31 Hopkins 181.43
32 Winona 181.01
33 Hibbing 174.44
34 Cloquet 173.44
35 New Ulm 172.73
36 White Bear Lake 168.81
37 Grand Rapids 168.59
38 Shakopee 167.57
39 Burnsville 164.38
40 Bloomington 163.35
41 Coon Rapids 161.61
42 Worthington 159.15
43 Hutchinson 158.89
44 Hastings 158.79
45 Fergus Falls 155.93
46 Forest Lake 151.49
47 North St. Paul 151.46
48 New Hope 138.31
49 Northfield 136.51
50 Mendota Heights 132.58
51 St. Peter 127.35
52 Owatonna 123.98
53 Apple Valley 123.95
54 New Brighton 122.96
55 North Mankato 117.10
56 Sartell 115.25
57 Prior Lake 113.75
58 Fairmont 109.70
59 Stillwater 108.28
60 Rogers 107.52
61 Champlin 106.48
62 St. Louis Park 99.28
63 Elk River 97.59
64 Centennial Lakes 91.27
65 South Lake Minnetonka 89.12
66 Blaine 87.70
67 Eagan 86.82
68 Albert Lea 85.19
69 Woodbury 84.31
70 Mounds View 83.68
71 Golden Valley 83.55
72 Chaska 83.39
73 Savage 82.56
74 Plymouth 80.40
75 Buffalo 80.22
76 Sauk Rapids 79.89
77 Maple Grove 70.46
78 Lakeville 69.89
79 Minnetonka 66.27
80 Rosemount 57.72
81 Farmington 56.73
82 Orono 55.21
83 Ramsey 52.55
84 Eden Prairie 49.67
85 Edina 44.30
86 Lino Lakes 42.56
87 Cottage Grove 41.38
88 Big Lake 9.32