Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Blaine, MN Crime Grade
How Blaine 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
2/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Minnesota
3/10
vs. Minnesota cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Blaine, MN was 66.8 per 100,000 residents (51 incidents over a population of 76,398). That puts Blaine Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 70% below the Minnesota statewide rate of 223.2.
That ranks Blaine #729 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 81% of them, and #23 of 91 in Minnesota. Violent crime is down 26% year over year and down 46% over the last five years.
Blaine, MN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (2/10)
- Minnesota Grade
- A (3/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 66.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #729 of 3,771
- MN rank
- #23 of 91
- Safer than
- 81% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 26%
- 5-year change
- down 46%
- Population
- 76,398
- Reporting agency
- Blaine Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Blaine Police Department (FBI ORI MN0020200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Blaine, MN
Also known as
- City of Blaine
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. Blaine (red), Minnesota (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Blaine 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 | 124.1(84) | 110.7(79) | 85.7(62) | 90.8(68) | 66.8(51) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 2.7(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 28.1(19) | 29.4(21) | 22.1(16) | 17.4(13) | 17.0(13) |
| Robbery | 25.1(17) | 9.8(7) | 8.3(6) | 13.3(10) | 10.5(8) |
| Aggravated assault | 70.9(48) | 71.5(51) | 55.3(40) | 57.4(43) | 39.3(30) |
| Property crime | 2100.3(1,422) | 1926.6(1,375) | 1724.1(1,248) | 1419.0(1,063) | 1112.6(850) |
| Burglary | 202.3(137) | 114.9(82) | 76.0(55) | 130.8(98) | 60.2(46) |
| Larceny | 1756.1(1,189) | 1682.8(1,201) | 1550.1(1,122) | 1213.4(909) | 959.4(733) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 134.4(91) | 121.9(87) | 93.9(68) | 69.4(52) | 85.1(65) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Blaine, 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 Blaine 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 Blaine calculated?
- Blaine'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 Blaine 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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