Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Apple Valley, MN Crime Grade
How Apple Valley 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
6/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Minnesota
7/10
vs. Minnesota cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Apple Valley, MN was 198.1 per 100,000 residents (109 incidents over a population of 55,025). That puts Apple Valley Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 11% below the Minnesota statewide rate of 223.2.
That ranks Apple Valley #2,038 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 46% of them, and #64 of 91 in Minnesota. Violent crime is down 8% year over year and up 13% over the last five years.
Apple Valley, MN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- Minnesota Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 198.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,038 of 3,771
- MN rank
- #64 of 91
- Safer than
- 46% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 8%
- 5-year change
- up 13%
- Population
- 55,025
- Reporting agency
- Apple Valley Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Apple Valley Police Department (FBI ORI MN0191000) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Apple Valley, MN
Also known as
- City of Apple Valley
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. Apple Valley (red), Minnesota (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Apple Valley 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 | 174.9(97) | 239.4(132) | 241.8(133) | 214.4(118) | 198.1(109) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 1.8(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 1.8(1) |
| Rape | 36.1(20) | 30.8(17) | 34.5(19) | 20.0(11) | 23.6(13) |
| Robbery | 14.4(8) | 16.3(9) | 23.6(13) | 16.4(9) | 18.2(10) |
| Aggravated assault | 124.4(69) | 190.4(105) | 183.7(101) | 178.1(98) | 154.5(85) |
| Property crime | 2008.8(1,114) | 1639.3(904) | 1851.1(1,018) | 1677.3(923) | 1450.2(798) |
| Burglary | 135.2(75) | 103.4(57) | 89.1(49) | 103.6(57) | 130.8(72) |
| Larceny | 1770.8(982) | 1423.5(785) | 1683.8(926) | 1488.3(819) | 1248.5(687) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 99.2(55) | 108.8(60) | 76.4(42) | 85.4(47) | 61.8(34) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Apple Valley, 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 Apple Valley 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 Apple Valley calculated?
- Apple Valley'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 Apple Valley 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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