Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Minneapolis, MN Crime Grade
How Minneapolis 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
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Minnesota
10/10
vs. Minnesota cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Minneapolis, MN was 1000.6 per 100,000 residents (4,283 incidents over a population of 428,057). That puts Minneapolis Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 348% above the Minnesota statewide rate of 223.2.
That ranks Minneapolis #3,684 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 2% of them, and #91 of 91 in Minnesota. Violent crime is down 14% year over year and down 23% over the last five years.
Minneapolis, MN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Minnesota Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 1000.6 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,684 of 3,771
- MN rank
- #91 of 91
- Safer than
- 2% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 14%
- 5-year change
- down 23%
- Population
- 428,057
- Reporting agency
- Minneapolis Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Minneapolis Police Department (FBI ORI MN0271100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Minneapolis, MN
Also known as
- Mineapolis
- Gakaabikaang
- City of Minneapolis
History
ranked 34th by population in the 1980 census. Incorporated as a city on 2 March 1866.
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. Minneapolis (red), Minnesota (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Minneapolis 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 | 1291.8(5,664) | 1236.5(5,214) | 1137.2(4,803) | 1167.1(4,940) | 1000.6(4,283) |
| Murder | 21.4(94) | 18.7(79) | 17.0(72) | 18.2(77) | 14.7(63) |
| Rape | 88.5(388) | 82.8(349) | 90.2(381) | 94.0(398) | 92.0(394) |
| Robbery | 505.6(2,217) | 420.5(1,773) | 340.2(1,437) | 372.1(1,575) | 251.8(1,078) |
| Aggravated assault | 676.2(2,965) | 714.5(3,013) | 689.7(2,913) | 682.8(2,890) | 642.0(2,748) |
| Property crime | 4237.1(18,578) | 5304.6(22,369) | 5308.3(22,419) | 5182.1(21,935) | 4504.3(19,281) |
| Burglary | 578.2(2,535) | 606.8(2,559) | 607.6(2,566) | 619.7(2,623) | 547.4(2,343) |
| Larceny | 2674.8(11,728) | 3214.2(13,554) | 2824.5(11,929) | 2986.9(12,643) | 2789.3(11,940) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 957.7(4,199) | 1458.9(6,152) | 1844.5(7,790) | 1549.3(6,558) | 1146.8(4,909) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Minneapolis, 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 Minneapolis 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 Minneapolis calculated?
- Minneapolis'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 Minneapolis 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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