Most Dangerous Cities in Minnesota (2025)
The FBI-reporting cities in Minnesota with the lowest Crime Index scores for 2025. Scores run 0–100 (higher = safer) and are built from FBI Crime Data Explorer reports.
Showing the 9 most dangerous of 19 cities
Not the same cities shown on the safest cities in Minnesota list. See the full ranked list →
- 1MinneapolisF5,517per 100k14.5homicide
- 2St PaulD3,314per 100k4.9homicide
- 3St CloudC2,875per 100k6.9homicide
- 4BloomingtonC3,108per 100k1.1homicide
- 5DuluthC3,281per 100k4.5homicide
- 6Brooklyn ParkC2,244per 100k1.2homicide
- 7Apple ValleyB1,654per 100k1.8homicide
- 8RochesterB1,629per 100k1.6homicide
- 9BurnsvilleB1,657per 100k3.1homicide
No area has zero risk
A high Crime Index score means lower reported crime relative to other US cities — it is not a guarantee of safety. Reported crime is not the same as actual crime. Research on the gap between crime that occurs and crime that gets reported to police — often called the "dark figure" of crime — estimates that roughly 40% of violent crime and about a third of property crime go unreported each year. Every index built on official statistics, including this one, necessarily undercounts real crime. That gap is exactly why homicide — the offense with the smallest dark figure — anchors the calculation instead of a more commonly reported but less reliable category like theft.
Scores on this page reflect FBI-reported data for 2025. See the full methodology →