Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Fargo, ND Crime Grade
How Fargo grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of North Dakota — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
North Dakota
8/10
vs. North Dakota cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Fargo, ND was 372.7 per 100,000 residents (518 incidents over a population of 138,990). That puts Fargo Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 57% above the North Dakota statewide rate of 236.7.
That ranks Fargo #2,937 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 22% of them, and #8 of 9 in North Dakota. Violent crime is down 26% year over year and down 29% over the last five years.
Fargo, ND crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- North Dakota Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 372.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,937 of 3,771
- ND rank
- #8 of 9
- Safer than
- 22% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 26%
- 5-year change
- down 29%
- Population
- 138,990
- Reporting agency
- Fargo Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Fargo Police Department (FBI ORI ND0090200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Fargo, ND
Also known as
- Centralia
History
Founded in 1871 and incorporated as a city in 1875. Centralia was named to indicate the new town would be the central point of Dakota Territory development; Fargo for William G. Fargo founder of the Wells-Fargo Co.
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. Fargo (red), North Dakota (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Fargo 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 | 525.5(669) | 629.1(803) | 523.6(703) | 505.6(686) | 372.7(518) |
| Murder | 4.7(6) | 3.9(5) | 1.5(2) | 4.4(6) | 2.9(4) |
| Rape | 102.1(130) | 123.0(157) | 78.2(105) | 110.6(150) | 63.3(88) |
| Robbery | 80.9(103) | 90.1(115) | 74.5(100) | 76.6(104) | 54.7(76) |
| Aggravated assault | 337.8(430) | 412.1(526) | 369.4(496) | 314.0(426) | 251.8(350) |
| Property crime | 4401.0(5,603) | 4197.4(5,358) | 3926.5(5,272) | 3725.6(5,055) | 3248.4(4,515) |
| Burglary | 1072.9(1,366) | 848.4(1,083) | 779.0(1,046) | 743.7(1,009) | 525.2(730) |
| Larceny | 2836.3(3,611) | 2778.7(3,547) | 2707.3(3,635) | 2613.5(3,546) | 2383.6(3,313) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 465.8(593) | 541.3(691) | 423.0(568) | 357.5(485) | 329.5(458) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Fargo, ND 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 Fargo 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 Fargo calculated?
- Fargo's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the North Dakota state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to North Dakota 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 Fargo 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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