Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Fergus Falls, MN Crime Grade
How Fergus Falls 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
6/10
vs. Minnesota cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Fergus Falls, MN was 153.9 per 100,000 residents (22 incidents over a population of 14,294). That puts Fergus Falls 53% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 31% below the Minnesota statewide rate of 223.2.
That ranks Fergus Falls #1,660 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 56% of them, and #50 of 91 in Minnesota. Violent crime is down 24% year over year and down 12% over the last five years.
Fergus Falls, MN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Minnesota Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 153.9 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,660 of 3,771
- MN rank
- #50 of 91
- Safer than
- 56% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 24%
- 5-year change
- down 12%
- Population
- 14,294
- Reporting agency
- Fergus Falls Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Fergus Falls Police Department (FBI ORI MN0560100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Fergus Falls, MN
Also known as
- City of Fergus Falls
History
Became the county seat of Otter Tail County in 1872. Incorporated as a village on 29 February 1872 and as city on 3 March 1881.
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. Fergus Falls (red), Minnesota (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Fergus Falls 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 | 174.0(24) | 221.2(31) | 267.2(38) | 203.6(29) | 153.9(22) |
| Murder | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rape | — | — | — | — | — |
| Robbery | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aggravated assault | — | — | — | — | — |
| Property crime | 2690.2(371) | 2318.6(325) | 2559.2(364) | 2372.8(338) | 2133.8(305) |
| Burglary | 304.5(42) | 256.8(36) | 210.9(30) | 210.6(30) | 160.9(23) |
| Larceny | 2218.8(306) | 1976.2(277) | 2263.9(322) | 2063.9(294) | 1937.9(277) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 159.5(22) | 85.6(12) | 84.4(12) | 98.3(14) | 35.0(5) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Fergus Falls, 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 Fergus Falls 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 Fergus Falls calculated?
- Fergus Falls'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 Fergus Falls 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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