Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Fairmont, MN Crime Grade
How Fairmont 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
6/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Minnesota
7/10
vs. Minnesota cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Fairmont, MN was 197.8 per 100,000 residents (20 incidents over a population of 10,110). That puts Fairmont 39% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 11% below the Minnesota statewide rate of 223.2.
That ranks Fairmont #2,034 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 46% of them, and #62 of 91 in Minnesota. Violent crime is down 33% year over year and down 37% over the last five years.
Fairmont, MN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- Minnesota Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 197.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,034 of 3,771
- MN rank
- #62 of 91
- Safer than
- 46% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 33%
- 5-year change
- down 37%
- Population
- 10,110
- Reporting agency
- Fairmont Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Fairmont Police Department (FBI ORI MN0460100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Fairmont, MN
Also known as
- Fair Mount
- City of Fairmont
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. Fairmont (red), Minnesota (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Fairmont 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 | 314.7(31) | 241.1(25) | 206.6(21) | 294.9(30) | 197.8(20) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 111.7(11) | 48.2(5) | 39.4(4) | 59.0(6) | 69.2(7) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 9.6(1) | 0.0(0) | 9.8(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | — | — | — | — | — |
| Property crime | — | — | — | — | — |
| Burglary | — | — | — | — | — |
| Larceny | — | — | — | — | — |
| Motor vehicle theft | — | — | — | — | — |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Fairmont, 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 Fairmont 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 Fairmont calculated?
- Fairmont'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 Fairmont 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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