Minneapolis, MN crime rate
In 2025 the Minneapolis Police Department reported 1,005.0 violent crimes and 4,519.5 property crimes per 100,000 residents it covers. The FBI's estimates for Minnesota and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
How does Minneapolis compare with Minnesota and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Minneapolis only.
What offenses were reported in Minneapolis, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Minnesota | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 4,302 | 1,005.0 | 223.5 | 327.6 | down 14.0% | down 22.2% |
| Murder | 62 | 14.5 | 2.2 | 4.1 | down 20.3% | down 32.2% |
| Rape | 414 | 96.7 | 37.2 | 36.1 | up 0.5% | up 9.0% |
| Robbery | 1,078 | 251.8 | 35.3 | 49.4 | down 32.3% | down 50.2% |
| Aggravated assault | 2,748 | 642.0 | 148.8 | 238.0 | down 6.0% | down 5.1% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 19,346 | 4,519.5 | 1,411.5 | 1,534.8 | down 12.8% | up 6.7% |
| Burglary | 2,351 | 549.2 | 160.1 | 193.6 | down 11.4% | down 5.0% |
| Larceny-theft | 11,993 | 2,801.7 | 1,086.3 | 1,144.1 | down 6.2% | up 4.7% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 4,913 | 1,147.7 | 165.0 | 197.0 | down 25.9% | up 19.8% |
| Arson | 89 | 20.8 | Not estimated | Not estimated | down 20.6% | down 21.5% |
Reported = offenses known to the Minneapolis Police Department and sent to the FBI. Minnesota and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Minneapolis | United States | Minnesota |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,292.0 | 387.0 | 308.9 |
| 2022 | 1,237.2 | 388.7 | 283.3 |
| 2023 | 1,137.7 | 379.5 | 262.9 |
| 2024 | 1,169.2 | 362.9 | 259.5 |
| 2025 | 1,005.0 | 327.6 | 223.5 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Minneapolis | United States | Minnesota |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4,237.1 | 1,832.3 | 2,045.6 |
| 2022 | 5,305.1 | 1,973.8 | 1,976.8 |
| 2023 | 5,310.4 | 1,934.1 | 1,706.9 |
| 2024 | 5,183.8 | 1,761.1 | 1,614.9 |
| 2025 | 4,519.5 | 1,534.8 | 1,411.5 |
Is Minneapolis safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Minneapolis Police Department reported, 1,005.0 per 100,000 residents, was higher than Minnesota's 223.5, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 14.0% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
Minneapolis recorded 1,005.0 violent crimes per 100,000 residents covered by the Minneapolis Police Department in 2025, from 4,302 offenses reported to the FBI. The Minnesota estimate was 223.5 and the US rate 327.6, which puts the city at 4.5 and 3.1 times those. Violent crime fell 14.0% from 2024 and 22.2% from 1,292.0 in 2021.
Robbery fell the most of the violent offenses, 32.3% in the last year and 50.2% since 2021, but at 251.8 per 100,000 it is still 7.1 times the state rate. Rape had the largest rise in the group, 9.0% from 2021. Police recorded 62 homicides, a rate of 14.5 per 100,000 that is 32.2% below 2021.
Aggravated assault accounted for 64% of violent crime. Property crime came to 4,519.5 per 100,000, 3.2 times the state's 1,411.5 and 2.9 times the national 1,534.8. It fell 12.8% in the last year.
Compared with 2021 it was 6.7% higher. Motor vehicle theft fell the most of the property offenses from 2024, 25.9%, to 1,147.7 per 100,000, 5.8 times the US rate. Since 2021 it had the largest rise in the group, 19.8%.
All 12 months were reported in each of the 5 years shown, with NIBRS since 2019. The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office and the airport police report separately.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 2.15 per 1,000 residents (622 officers, 298 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Minneapolis Police Department (ORI MN0271100), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Minnesota and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- Minneapolis Police Department (MN0271100): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MN0271100_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Minneapolis Police Department (MN0271100): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MN0271100_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Minneapolis Police Department (MN0271100): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MN0271100_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Minneapolis Police Department (MN0271100): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MN0271100_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Minneapolis Police Department (MN0271100): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MN0271100_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Minneapolis Police Department (MN0271100): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MN0271100_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Minneapolis Police Department (MN0271100): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MN0271100_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Minneapolis Police Department (MN0271100): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MN0271100_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Minneapolis Police Department (MN0271100): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MN0271100_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Minneapolis Police Department (MN0271100): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MN0271100_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Minneapolis Police Department (MN0271100): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_MN0271100__from-2021-to-2025.json)