Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Bemidji, MN Crime Grade
How Bemidji 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
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Minnesota
10/10
vs. Minnesota cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Bemidji, MN was 727.2 per 100,000 residents (115 incidents over a population of 15,815). That puts Bemidji 124% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 226% above the Minnesota statewide rate of 223.2.
That ranks Bemidji #3,546 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 6% of them, and #90 of 91 in Minnesota. Violent crime is down 13% year over year and up 32% over the last five years.
Bemidji, MN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Minnesota Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 727.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,546 of 3,771
- MN rank
- #90 of 91
- Safer than
- 6% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 13%
- 5-year change
- up 32%
- Population
- 15,815
- Reporting agency
- Bemidji Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Bemidji Police Department (FBI ORI MN0040100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Bemidji, MN
Also known as
- Bermidji
- Bemijigamaag
- City of Bemidji
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. Bemidji (red), Minnesota (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Bemidji 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 | 552.2(86) | 665.9(102) | 487.0(79) | 839.0(133) | 727.2(115) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 12.3(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 102.7(16) | 176.3(27) | 148.0(24) | 220.8(35) | 158.1(25) |
| Robbery | 77.1(12) | 84.9(13) | 43.2(7) | 82.0(13) | 50.6(8) |
| Aggravated assault | 372.4(58) | 404.8(62) | 283.6(46) | 536.2(85) | 518.5(82) |
| Property crime | 7782.2(1,212) | 7945.4(1,217) | 6158.7(999) | 4611.1(731) | 4514.7(714) |
| Burglary | 565.0(88) | 561.5(86) | 480.9(78) | 359.6(57) | 385.7(61) |
| Larceny | 6915.4(1,077) | 7024.9(1,076) | 5468.2(887) | 4043.4(641) | 3920.3(620) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 269.7(42) | 313.4(48) | 184.9(30) | 195.5(31) | 196.0(31) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Bemidji, 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 Bemidji 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 Bemidji calculated?
- Bemidji'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 Bemidji 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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