Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Jamestown, ND Crime Grade
How Jamestown 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
4/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
North Dakota
1/10
vs. North Dakota cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Jamestown, ND was 133.1 per 100,000 residents (21 incidents over a population of 15,782). That puts Jamestown 59% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 44% below the North Dakota statewide rate of 236.7.
That ranks Jamestown #1,464 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 61% of them, and #1 of 9 in North Dakota. Violent crime is up 30% year over year and down 57% over the last five years.
Jamestown, ND crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (4/10)
- North Dakota Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 133.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,464 of 3,771
- ND rank
- #1 of 9
- Safer than
- 61% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 30%
- 5-year change
- down 57%
- Population
- 15,782
- Reporting agency
- Jamestown Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Jamestown Police Department (FBI ORI ND0470100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Jamestown, ND
Also known as
- Fort Seward
- Camp Thomas
- Fort Cross
- Camp Sykes
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. Jamestown (red), North Dakota (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Jamestown 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 | 309.2(46) | 253.6(40) | 197.2(31) | 102.2(16) | 133.1(21) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 60.5(9) | 95.1(15) | 50.9(8) | 19.2(3) | 44.4(7) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 6.4(1) | 6.4(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 248.7(37) | 158.5(25) | 139.9(22) | 76.7(12) | 88.7(14) |
| Property crime | 2365.8(352) | 2092.3(330) | 1882.5(296) | 1258.7(197) | 1362.3(215) |
| Burglary | 349.5(52) | 431.1(68) | 235.3(37) | 127.8(20) | 133.1(21) |
| Larceny | 1861.7(277) | 1553.4(245) | 1475.5(232) | 958.4(150) | 1102.5(174) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 134.4(20) | 107.8(17) | 171.7(27) | 166.1(26) | 120.4(19) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Jamestown, 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 Jamestown 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 Jamestown calculated?
- Jamestown'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 Jamestown 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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