Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Burnsville, MN Crime Grade
How Burnsville 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
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Minnesota
7/10
vs. Minnesota cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Burnsville, MN was 164.7 per 100,000 residents (107 incidents over a population of 64,952). That puts Burnsville Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 26% below the Minnesota statewide rate of 223.2.
That ranks Burnsville #1,767 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 53% of them, and #55 of 91 in Minnesota. Violent crime is down 20% year over year and down 23% over the last five years.
Burnsville, MN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Minnesota Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 164.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,767 of 3,771
- MN rank
- #55 of 91
- Safer than
- 53% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 20%
- 5-year change
- down 23%
- Population
- 64,952
- Reporting agency
- Burnsville Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Burnsville Police Department (FBI ORI MN0190100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Burnsville, MN
Also known as
- City of Burnsville
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. Burnsville (red), Minnesota (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Burnsville 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 | 214.9(134) | 273.0(173) | 260.8(166) | 206.6(134) | 164.7(107) |
| Murder | 1.6(1) | 1.6(1) | 1.6(1) | 7.7(5) | 3.1(2) |
| Rape | 36.9(23) | 37.9(24) | 33.0(21) | 41.6(27) | 35.4(23) |
| Robbery | 35.3(22) | 41.0(26) | 28.3(18) | 17.0(11) | 13.9(9) |
| Aggravated assault | 141.1(88) | 192.5(122) | 198.0(126) | 140.3(91) | 112.4(73) |
| Property crime | 2556.5(1,594) | 2485.8(1,575) | 2015.7(1,283) | 1894.9(1,229) | 1490.3(968) |
| Burglary | 179.6(112) | 191.0(121) | 150.8(96) | 101.8(66) | 72.4(47) |
| Larceny | 2152.3(1,342) | 1993.3(1,263) | 1673.2(1,065) | 1665.1(1,080) | 1313.3(853) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 221.3(138) | 288.8(183) | 180.7(115) | 124.9(81) | 98.5(64) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Burnsville, 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 Burnsville 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 Burnsville calculated?
- Burnsville'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 Burnsville 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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