Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Moorhead, MN Crime Grade
How Moorhead 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
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Minnesota
9/10
vs. Minnesota cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Moorhead, MN was 319.4 per 100,000 residents (147 incidents over a population of 46,027). That puts Moorhead Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 43% above the Minnesota statewide rate of 223.2.
That ranks Moorhead #2,725 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 28% of them, and #81 of 91 in Minnesota. Violent crime is down 13% year over year and down 40% over the last five years.
Moorhead, MN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Minnesota Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 319.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,725 of 3,771
- MN rank
- #81 of 91
- Safer than
- 28% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 13%
- 5-year change
- down 40%
- Population
- 46,027
- Reporting agency
- Moorhead Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Moorhead Police Department (FBI ORI MN0140400) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Moorhead, MN
Also known as
- City of Moorhead
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. Moorhead (red), Minnesota (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Moorhead 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 | 532.7(237) | 419.1(188) | 521.9(235) | 367.6(167) | 319.4(147) |
| Murder | 4.5(2) | 2.2(1) | 4.4(2) | 8.8(4) | 4.3(2) |
| Rape | 71.9(32) | 66.9(30) | 51.1(23) | 59.4(27) | 73.9(34) |
| Robbery | 45.0(20) | 35.7(16) | 17.8(8) | 26.4(12) | 28.2(13) |
| Aggravated assault | 411.3(183) | 314.3(141) | 448.6(202) | 273.0(124) | 212.9(98) |
| Property crime | 2987.3(1,329) | 2264.9(1,016) | 1825.6(822) | 1697.3(771) | 1529.5(704) |
| Burglary | 604.7(269) | 423.5(190) | 275.4(124) | 288.4(131) | 260.7(120) |
| Larceny | 2025.3(901) | 1449.0(650) | 1261.5(568) | 1173.4(533) | 1079.8(497) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 339.4(151) | 372.3(167) | 266.5(120) | 220.1(100) | 184.7(85) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Moorhead, 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 Moorhead 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 Moorhead calculated?
- Moorhead'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 Moorhead 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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