Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Brainerd, MN Crime Grade
How Brainerd 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
7/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Minnesota
8/10
vs. Minnesota cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Brainerd, MN was 249.9 per 100,000 residents (36 incidents over a population of 14,407). That puts Brainerd 23% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 12% above the Minnesota statewide rate of 223.2.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Brainerd (red), Minnesota (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Brainerd 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 | 543.3(73) | 514.0(74) | 572.8(84) | 431.1(63) | 249.9(36) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 126.5(17) | 145.9(21) | 143.2(21) | 68.4(10) | 83.3(12) |
| Robbery | 29.8(4) | 6.9(1) | 13.6(2) | 41.1(6) | 13.9(2) |
| Aggravated assault | 387.0(52) | 361.2(52) | 415.9(61) | 321.6(47) | 152.7(22) |
| Property crime | 2694.3(362) | 2326.7(335) | 2222.8(326) | 1785.8(261) | 1568.7(226) |
| Burglary | 305.2(41) | 284.8(41) | 354.6(52) | 184.7(27) | 90.2(13) |
| Larceny | 2113.7(284) | 1868.3(269) | 1731.9(254) | 1546.4(226) | 1381.3(199) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 275.4(37) | 173.6(25) | 136.4(20) | 47.9(7) | 97.2(14) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Brainerd's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Minnesota cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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