Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Big Lake, MN Crime Grade
How Big Lake 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
3/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Minnesota
4/10
vs. Minnesota cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Big Lake, MN was 91.3 per 100,000 residents (12 incidents over a population of 13,141). That puts Big Lake 72% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 59% below the Minnesota statewide rate of 223.2.
That ranks Big Lake #1,021 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 73% of them, and #32 of 91 in Minnesota. Violent crime is down 31% year over year and up 78% over the last five years.
Big Lake, MN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (3/10)
- Minnesota Grade
- B (4/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 91.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,021 of 3,771
- MN rank
- #32 of 91
- Safer than
- 73% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 31%
- 5-year change
- up 78%
- Population
- 13,141
- Reporting agency
- Big Lake Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Big Lake Police Department (FBI ORI MN0710100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Big Lake, MN
Also known as
- City of Big Lake
- Humboldt
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. Big Lake (red), Minnesota (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Big Lake 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 | 51.2(6) | 55.4(7) | 62.8(8) | 131.7(17) | 91.3(12) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 25.6(3) | 31.7(4) | 31.4(4) | 69.7(9) | 45.7(6) |
| Robbery | 8.5(1) | 0.0(0) | 7.8(1) | 0.0(0) | 7.6(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 17.1(2) | 23.8(3) | 23.5(3) | 62.0(8) | 38.0(5) |
| Property crime | 494.8(58) | 261.4(33) | 376.5(48) | 387.5(50) | 479.4(63) |
| Burglary | 42.7(5) | 15.8(2) | 23.5(3) | 46.5(6) | 68.5(9) |
| Larceny | 418.1(49) | 190.1(24) | 305.9(39) | 317.7(41) | 388.1(51) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 34.1(4) | 47.5(6) | 47.1(6) | 23.2(3) | 22.8(3) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Big Lake, 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 Big Lake 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 Big Lake calculated?
- Big Lake'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 Big Lake 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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