Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Faribault, MN Crime Grade
How Faribault 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 Faribault, MN was 246.8 per 100,000 residents (62 incidents over a population of 25,117). That puts Faribault Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 11% above the Minnesota statewide rate of 223.2.
That ranks Faribault #2,355 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 38% of them, and #71 of 91 in Minnesota. Violent crime is down 20% year over year and down 16% over the last five years.
Faribault, MN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Minnesota Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 246.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,355 of 3,771
- MN rank
- #71 of 91
- Safer than
- 38% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 20%
- 5-year change
- down 16%
- Population
- 25,117
- Reporting agency
- Faribault Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Faribault Police Department (FBI ORI MN0660100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Faribault, MN
Also known as
- Fairbault
- City of Faribault
History
Incorporated as city on 29 February 1872. Named for John Baptiste Faribault, a settler and French fur trader among the Sioux Indians
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. Faribault (red), Minnesota (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Faribault 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 | 292.2(70) | 258.0(63) | 260.6(64) | 307.6(76) | 246.8(62) |
| Murder | 4.2(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 4.0(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 137.7(33) | 81.9(20) | 52.9(13) | 56.7(14) | 71.7(18) |
| Robbery | 12.5(3) | 24.6(6) | 16.3(4) | 8.1(2) | 4.0(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 137.7(33) | 151.5(37) | 191.4(47) | 238.8(59) | 171.2(43) |
| Property crime | 1577.6(378) | 2002.7(489) | 1429.3(351) | 1137.3(281) | 959.5(241) |
| Burglary | 196.2(47) | 245.7(60) | 138.5(34) | 93.1(23) | 131.4(33) |
| Larceny | 1247.9(299) | 1675.1(409) | 1254.2(308) | 1015.9(251) | 788.3(198) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 121.0(29) | 73.7(18) | 20.4(5) | 24.3(6) | 35.8(9) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Faribault, 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 Faribault 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 Faribault calculated?
- Faribault'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 Faribault 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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