Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Minnetonka, MN Crime Grade
How Minnetonka 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
4/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Minnesota
4/10
vs. Minnesota cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Minnetonka, MN was 101.4 per 100,000 residents (53 incidents over a population of 52,294). That puts Minnetonka Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 55% below the Minnesota statewide rate of 223.2.
That ranks Minnetonka #1,146 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 70% of them, and #35 of 91 in Minnesota. Violent crime is down 12% year over year and up 26% over the last five years.
Minnetonka, MN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (4/10)
- Minnesota Grade
- B (4/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 101.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,146 of 3,771
- MN rank
- #35 of 91
- Safer than
- 70% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 12%
- 5-year change
- up 26%
- Population
- 52,294
- Reporting agency
- Minnetonka Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Minnetonka Police Department (FBI ORI MN0271200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Minnetonka, MN
Also known as
- City of Minnetonka
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. Minnetonka (red), Minnesota (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Minnetonka 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 | 80.4(45) | 87.9(46) | 81.1(42) | 115.5(60) | 101.4(53) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 1.9(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 28.6(16) | 13.4(7) | 13.5(7) | 17.3(9) | 21.0(11) |
| Robbery | 12.5(7) | 24.9(13) | 13.5(7) | 13.5(7) | 9.6(5) |
| Aggravated assault | 39.3(22) | 49.7(26) | 52.1(27) | 84.7(44) | 70.8(37) |
| Property crime | 1717.3(961) | 1747.3(914) | 1706.9(884) | 1648.2(856) | 1294.6(677) |
| Burglary | 328.8(184) | 196.9(103) | 185.4(96) | 188.7(98) | 112.8(59) |
| Larceny | 1256.3(703) | 1408.9(737) | 1440.4(746) | 1376.7(715) | 1109.1(580) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 128.7(72) | 137.6(72) | 81.1(42) | 77.0(40) | 66.9(35) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Minnetonka, 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 Minnetonka 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 Minnetonka calculated?
- Minnetonka'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 Minnetonka 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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