Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Brooklyn Park, MN Crime Grade
How Brooklyn Park 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
8/10
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 Park, MN was 344.8 per 100,000 residents (283 incidents over a population of 82,087). That puts Brooklyn Park Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 54% above the Minnesota statewide rate of 223.2.
That ranks Brooklyn Park #2,818 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 25% of them, and #84 of 91 in Minnesota. Violent crime is up 17% year over year and down 23% over the last five years.
Brooklyn Park, MN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Minnesota Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 344.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,818 of 3,771
- MN rank
- #84 of 91
- Safer than
- 25% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 17%
- 5-year change
- down 23%
- Population
- 82,087
- Reporting agency
- Brooklyn Park Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Brooklyn Park Police Department (FBI ORI MN0270300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Brooklyn Park, MN
Also known as
- City of Brooklyn Park
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 Park (red), Minnesota (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Brooklyn Park 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 | 445.3(356) | 388.2(321) | 385.7(316) | 293.8(237) | 344.8(283) |
| Murder | 7.5(6) | 2.4(2) | 8.5(7) | 5.0(4) | 1.2(1) |
| Rape | 47.5(38) | 76.2(63) | 54.9(45) | 49.6(40) | 70.7(58) |
| Robbery | 131.3(105) | 94.3(78) | 100.1(82) | 75.6(61) | 76.7(63) |
| Aggravated assault | 258.9(207) | 215.3(178) | 222.2(182) | 163.6(132) | 196.1(161) |
| Property crime | 3229.7(2,582) | 3319.9(2,745) | 2771.0(2,270) | 2496.7(2,014) | 1893.1(1,554) |
| Burglary | 445.3(356) | 297.5(246) | 266.1(218) | 261.6(211) | 185.2(152) |
| Larceny | 2344.1(1,874) | 2551.9(2,110) | 2025.1(1,659) | 1837.2(1,482) | 1470.4(1,207) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 429.0(343) | 459.6(380) | 474.9(389) | 386.8(312) | 232.7(191) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Brooklyn Park, 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 Park 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 Park calculated?
- Brooklyn Park'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 Park 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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