Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Prior Lake, MN Crime Grade
How Prior Lake 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
5/10
vs. Minnesota cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Prior Lake, MN was 131.6 per 100,000 residents (37 incidents over a population of 28,117). That puts Prior Lake Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 41% below the Minnesota statewide rate of 223.2.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Prior Lake (red), Minnesota (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Prior Lake 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 | 169.2(47) | 157.6(45) | 133.8(38) | 117.2(33) | 131.6(37) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 3.5(1) | 3.6(1) | 3.6(1) |
| Rape | 43.2(12) | 28.0(8) | 42.3(12) | 42.6(12) | 28.5(8) |
| Robbery | 7.2(2) | 14.0(4) | 7.0(2) | 7.1(2) | 10.7(3) |
| Aggravated assault | 118.8(33) | 115.6(33) | 81.0(23) | 63.9(18) | 88.9(25) |
| Property crime | 2390.3(664) | 1680.7(480) | 1215.2(345) | 1086.5(306) | 1006.5(283) |
| Burglary | 86.4(24) | 129.6(37) | 63.4(18) | 63.9(18) | 85.4(24) |
| Larceny | 2102.3(584) | 1491.6(426) | 1102.5(313) | 958.7(270) | 871.4(245) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 201.6(56) | 56.0(16) | 38.7(11) | 53.3(15) | 46.2(13) |
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: Prior Lake'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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