Safest Cities in Minnesota (2025)
The FBI-reporting cities in Minnesota with the highest Crime Index scores for 2025. Scores run 0–100 (higher = safer) and are built from FBI Crime Data Explorer reports.
Showing the 9 safest of 19 cities
Not the same cities shown on the most dangerous cities in Minnesota list. See the full ranked list →
- 1LakevilleA617per 100k0.0homicide
- 2Eden PrairieA1,118per 100k0.0homicide
- 3PlymouthA920per 100k0.0homicide
- 4BlaineA1,186per 100k0.0homicide
- 5WoodburyA1,227per 100k0.0homicide
- 6EdinaB1,412per 100k1.9homicide
- 7Maple GroveB1,467per 100k0.0homicide
- 8MinnetonkaB1,400per 100k0.0homicide
- 9EaganB1,460per 100k0.0homicide
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 →