Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Lakes Area, MN Crime Grade
How Lakes Area 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
1/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Minnesota
1/10
vs. Minnesota cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Lakes Area, MN was 27.2 per 100,000 residents (3 incidents over a population of 11,047). That puts Lakes Area 92% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 88% below the Minnesota statewide rate of 223.2.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Lakes Area (red), Minnesota (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Lakes Area 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 | 109.7(11) | 130.4(14) | 176.9(19) | 102.0(11) | 27.2(3) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 49.9(5) | 37.2(4) | 37.3(4) | 46.4(5) | 9.1(1) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 9.3(1) | 9.3(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 59.8(6) | 83.8(9) | 130.4(14) | 55.7(6) | 18.1(2) |
| Property crime | 1356.5(136) | 1164.0(125) | 894.0(96) | 677.1(73) | 597.4(66) |
| Burglary | 139.6(14) | 158.3(17) | 130.4(14) | 37.1(4) | 72.4(8) |
| Larceny | 1067.2(107) | 893.9(96) | 735.7(79) | 593.6(64) | 470.7(52) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 129.7(13) | 102.4(11) | 27.9(3) | 27.8(3) | 36.2(4) |
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: Lakes Area'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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