Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Albert Lea, MN Crime Grade
How Albert Lea grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Minnesota — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
4/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Minnesota
5/10
vs. Minnesota cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Albert Lea, MN was 121.7 per 100,000 residents (22 incidents over a population of 18,074). That puts Albert Lea 63% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 45% below the Minnesota statewide rate of 223.2.
That ranks Albert Lea #1,355 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 64% of them, and #41 of 91 in Minnesota. Violent crime is down 43% year over year and down 23% over the last five years.
Albert Lea, MN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (4/10)
- Minnesota Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 121.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,355 of 3,771
- MN rank
- #41 of 91
- Safer than
- 64% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 43%
- 5-year change
- down 23%
- Population
- 18,074
- Reporting agency
- Albert Lea Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Albert Lea Police Department (FBI ORI MN0240100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Albert Lea, MN
Also known as
- City of Albert Lea
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Albert Lea (red), Minnesota (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Albert Lea vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 158.3(28) | 180.0(33) | 256.2(47) | 214.4(39) | 121.7(22) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 5.5(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 17.0(3) | 49.1(9) | 21.8(4) | 16.5(3) | 55.3(10) |
| Robbery | 17.0(3) | 21.8(4) | 43.6(8) | 27.5(5) | 5.5(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 124.4(22) | 109.1(20) | 185.3(34) | 170.4(31) | 60.9(11) |
| Property crime | 2617.9(463) | 1799.5(330) | 2087.5(383) | 1500.5(273) | 1947.5(352) |
| Burglary | 497.6(88) | 305.4(56) | 348.8(64) | 313.3(57) | 348.6(63) |
| Larceny | 1922.4(340) | 1237.9(227) | 1597.0(293) | 1077.3(196) | 1427.5(258) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 197.9(35) | 234.5(43) | 130.8(24) | 104.4(19) | 154.9(28) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Albert Lea, MN Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Albert Lea Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Albert Lea calculated?
- Albert Lea's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Minnesota state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Minnesota cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Albert Lea Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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