Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Brooklyn Center, MN Crime Grade
How Brooklyn Center 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Minnesota
10/10
vs. Minnesota cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Brooklyn Center, MN was 514.4 per 100,000 residents (161 incidents over a population of 31,297). That puts Brooklyn Center Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 130% above the Minnesota statewide rate of 223.2.
That ranks Brooklyn Center #3,303 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 12% of them, and #89 of 91 in Minnesota. Violent crime is down 28% year over year and down 14% over the last five years.
Brooklyn Center, MN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Minnesota Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 514.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,303 of 3,771
- MN rank
- #89 of 91
- Safer than
- 12% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 28%
- 5-year change
- down 14%
- Population
- 31,297
- Reporting agency
- Brooklyn Center Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Brooklyn Center Police Department (FBI ORI MN0270200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Brooklyn Center, MN
Also known as
- City of Brooklyn Center
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. Brooklyn Center (red), Minnesota (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Brooklyn Center 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 | 598.2(181) | 613.8(197) | 748.7(236) | 711.6(221) | 514.4(161) |
| Murder | 13.2(4) | 3.1(1) | 15.9(5) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 76.0(23) | 130.9(42) | 82.5(26) | 122.4(38) | 102.2(32) |
| Robbery | 214.8(65) | 215.0(69) | 237.9(75) | 218.9(68) | 127.8(40) |
| Aggravated assault | 294.1(89) | 264.8(85) | 412.4(130) | 370.3(115) | 284.4(89) |
| Property crime | 3688.3(1,116) | 3100.3(995) | 2490.3(785) | 2698.2(838) | 2642.4(827) |
| Burglary | 614.7(186) | 327.2(105) | 285.5(90) | 351.0(109) | 226.9(71) |
| Larceny | 2392.8(724) | 2134.4(685) | 1453.0(458) | 1603.5(498) | 2067.3(647) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 664.3(201) | 601.4(193) | 723.3(228) | 737.3(229) | 348.3(109) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Brooklyn Center, 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 Brooklyn Center 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 Brooklyn Center calculated?
- Brooklyn Center'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 Brooklyn Center 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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