Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Columbia Heights, MN Crime Grade
How Columbia Heights 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 Columbia Heights, MN was 243.4 per 100,000 residents (57 incidents over a population of 23,420). That puts Columbia Heights 25% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 9% above the Minnesota statewide rate of 223.2.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Columbia Heights (red), Minnesota (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Columbia Heights 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 | 423.8(90) | 410.0(93) | 321.2(75) | 325.6(76) | 243.4(57) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 12.8(3) |
| Rape | 56.5(12) | 52.9(12) | 60.0(14) | 68.5(16) | 51.2(12) |
| Robbery | 75.3(16) | 61.7(14) | 34.3(8) | 77.1(18) | 21.3(5) |
| Aggravated assault | — | — | — | — | — |
| Property crime | — | — | — | — | — |
| Burglary | — | — | — | — | — |
| Larceny | — | — | — | — | — |
| Motor vehicle theft | — | — | — | — | — |
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: Columbia Heights'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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