Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Owatonna, MN Crime Grade
How Owatonna 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
6/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Minnesota
8/10
vs. Minnesota cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Owatonna, MN was 198.7 per 100,000 residents (53 incidents over a population of 26,680). That puts Owatonna Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 11% below the Minnesota statewide rate of 223.2.
That ranks Owatonna #2,042 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 46% of them, and #66 of 91 in Minnesota. Violent crime is up 35% year over year and down 10% over the last five years.
Owatonna, MN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- Minnesota Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 198.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,042 of 3,771
- MN rank
- #66 of 91
- Safer than
- 46% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 35%
- 5-year change
- down 10%
- Population
- 26,680
- Reporting agency
- Owatonna Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Owatonna Police Department (FBI ORI MN0740100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Owatonna, MN
Also known as
- City of Owatonna
History
Founded in 1854. Incorporated as a town on 9 August 1858 and as a city on 23 February 1865. An Indian word meaning "straight river."
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. Owatonna (red), Minnesota (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Owatonna 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 | 221.9(57) | 231.1(61) | 192.4(51) | 146.8(39) | 198.7(53) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 3.8(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 38.9(10) | 60.6(16) | 67.9(18) | 37.6(10) | 45.0(12) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 22.7(6) | 7.5(2) | 7.5(2) | 15.0(4) |
| Aggravated assault | 183.0(47) | 147.8(39) | 113.2(30) | 101.6(27) | 138.7(37) |
| Property crime | 1063.0(273) | 1049.5(277) | 909.4(241) | 843.0(224) | 614.7(164) |
| Burglary | 116.8(30) | 72.0(19) | 105.7(28) | 109.1(29) | 37.5(10) |
| Larceny | 860.5(221) | 894.1(236) | 747.1(198) | 628.5(167) | 487.3(130) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 77.9(20) | 75.8(20) | 52.8(14) | 86.6(23) | 86.2(23) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Owatonna, 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 Owatonna 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 Owatonna calculated?
- Owatonna'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 Owatonna 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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