What is the #1 safest cities in minnesota?

#	City	Population	Crime Rate per 1K
1	Fairfax	1,134	0.00
2	Deephaven	3,835	0.00
3	Kenyon	1,811	0.00
4	Osakis	1,667	0.00
5	Parkers Prairie	1,089	0.00
6	Howard Lake	1,864	0.00
7	Slayton	2,089	0.00
8	Baudette	1,117	0.00
9	Pequot Lakes	2,236	0.00
10	Perham	3,577	0.00
11	Dundas	1,882	0.00
12	Avon	1,493	0.00
13	Eden Valley	1,077	0.00
14	Preston	1,315	0.00
15	Atwater	1,217	0.00
16	Goodview	4,104	0.00
17	Ada	1,834	0.00
18	Adrian	1,288	0.00
19	Arlington	2,298	0.00
20	Glyndon	1,286	0.00
21	Chatfield	2,693	0.00
22	Frazee	1,595	0.00
23	Starbuck	1,307	0.00
24	Rushford	1,790	0.00
25	Truman	1,223	0.00
26	Canby	1,563	0.00
27	Menahga	1,292	0.00
28	Caledonia	2,825	0.00
29	Two Harbors	3,598	0.00
30	Tyler	1,019	0.00
31	Breezy Point	2,647	0.00
32	Montevideo	5,303	0.00
33	Winthrop	1,275	0.00
34	Braham	1,674	0.00
35	Lewiston	1,680	0.00
36	Winnebago	1,247	0.00
37	Crosby	2,253	0.00
38	Nisswa	1,744	0.00
39	Lester Prairie	1,848	0.00
40	Lake Shore	1,117	0.00
41	North Oaks	5,175	0.00
42	Warroad	2,067	0.00
43	Shoreview	26,724	0.08
44	Arden Hills	9,737	0.10
45	Corcoran	6,854	0.12
46	Medina	6,858	0.14
47	Dayton	8,381	0.18
48	Bayport	3,948	0.27
49	Montgomery	3,366	0.28
50	Vadnais Heights	12,789	0.30
51	Lino Lakes	21,847	0.35
52	Cottage Grove	40,124	0.39
53	Lonsdale	4,789	0.40
54	Osseo	2,601	0.40
55	Crosslake	2,648	0.41
56	Madelia	2,380	0.42
57	Olivia	2,243	0.44
58	Minnetrista	8,509	0.45
59	Aitkin	2,217	0.47
60	Tracy	1,869	0.48
61	Little Canada	10,546	0.48
62	New Prague	8,195	0.48
63	Zumbrota	3,843	0.49
64	St. Charles	4,021	0.49
65	Springfield	2,209	0.51
66	Plymouth	79,526	0.51
67	Blooming Prairie	1,977	0.51
68	Orono	8,205	0.53
69	Buffalo	16,388	0.54
70	Princeton	4,988	0.55
71	Plainview	3,501	0.56
72	Rosemount	26,509	0.57
73	Lakefield	1,652	0.58
74	Wyoming	8,063	0.61
75	Ramsey	28,070	0.62
76	Hibbing	16,100	0.63
77	Cambridge	9,992	0.65
78	Sauk Centre	4,589	0.65
79	Sartell	19,620	0.66
80	Moose Lake	3,297	0.67
81	Golden Valley	21,927	0.67
82	Le Sueur	4,204	0.71
83	New Ulm	14,066	0.72
84	Barnesville	2,757	0.72
85	St. Peter	12,085	0.73
86	Edina	53,125	0.73
87	Eden Prairie	63,249	0.73
88	New York Mills	1,319	0.74
89	Lake City	5,021	0.75
90	La Crescent	5,266	0.76
91	Madison Lake	1,178	0.76
92	Lakeville	72,480	0.76
93	Wabasha	2,569	0.77
94	Pelican Rapids	2,589	0.77
95	Becker	4,958	0.78
96	Savage	32,706	0.78
97	Hermantown	10,192	0.78
98	Farmington	23,675	0.79
99	Goodhue	1,261	0.79
100	Isanti	7,023	0.80
101	Stillwater	19,323	0.83
102	Chaska	28,146	0.85
103	White Bear Lake	24,026	0.87
104	Annandale	3,365	0.87
105	Hawley	2,086	0.87
106	Sauk Rapids	13,851	0.87
107	Grand Rapids	11,186	0.88
108	Glencoe	5,702	0.88
109	Jordan	6,704	0.88
110	Elk River	26,367	0.90
111	Thief River Falls	8,841	0.91
112	New Brighton	22,900	0.91
113	Eagle Lake	3,268	0.92
114	Blaine	71,261	0.92
115	Wadena	4,361	0.92
116	Mapleton	1,745	0.93
117	Kasson	6,964	0.97
118	Proctor	3,102	0.97
119	Milaca	3,033	0.98
120	Woodbury	76,945	0.99
121	Little Falls	9,094	0.99
122	Hector	1,111	1.02
123	Eagan	68,158	1.03
124	Prior Lake	27,832	1.07
125	Falcon Heights	5,145	1.07
126	North Branch	11,182	1.07
127	Melrose	3,608	1.11
128	Wayzata	4,363	1.12
129	East Grand Forks	9,067	1.13
130	Hastings	22,050	1.13
131	Maple Grove	70,539	1.13
132	Waterville	1,778	1.14
133	Glenwood	2,648	1.14
134	Sleepy Eye	3,438	1.14
135	Champlin	23,450	1.15
136	Minnetonka	53,256	1.16
137	Shakopee	45,002	1.16
138	Lauderdale	2,386	1.18
139	St. Anthony	9,516	1.19
140	Le Center	2,514	1.19
141	St. Joseph	7,024	1.19
142	Lake Crystal	2,530	1.21
143	Cold Spring	4,201	1.21
144	Janesville	2,449	1.21
145	Forest Lake	20,678	1.21
146	Ely	3,239	1.25
147	Gaylord	2,074	1.28
148	Waite Park	8,341	1.31
149	Rogers	13,405	1.31
150	Belle Plaine	7,401	1.35
151	Pierz	1,581	1.36
152	Cannon Falls	4,216	1.43
153	Babbitt	1,420	1.46
154	Appleton	1,360	1.47
155	Foley	2,685	1.48
156	Minneota	1,531	1.49
157	North Mankato	14,212	1.50
158	St. James	4,740	1.50
159	Owatonna	26,462	1.51
160	Fulda	1,348	1.51
161	Northfield	20,678	1.52
162	Coleraine	1,888	1.52
163	Bagley	1,218	1.53
164	Paynesville	2,476	1.53
165	Rochester	121,638	1.54
166	Clara City	1,497	1.58
167	West St. Paul	21,076	1.63
168	Spring Grove	1,223	1.63
169	Staples	2,359	1.64
170	Inver Grove Heights	35,772	1.66
171	Detroit Lakes	10,002	1.71
172	Baxter	8,804	1.73
173	Ortonville	1,968	1.73
174	Cloquet	12,582	1.75
175	Winsted	2,023	1.80
176	Oakdale	28,109	1.81
177	New Hope	21,402	1.87
178	St. Louis Park	49,541	1.88
179	North St. Paul	12,511	1.88
180	Winona	25,998	1.88
181	Mounds View	12,992	1.89
182	Austin	26,167	1.91
183	Mendota Heights	11,644	1.91
184	Dawson	1,441	1.92
185	Waseca	9,209	1.95
186	Red Wing	16,660	2.02
187	Fergus Falls	14,138	2.04
188	Benson	3,449	2.04
189	Eveleth	3,470	2.05
190	Morris	5,092	2.07
191	Albert Lea	18,379	2.09
192	Nashwauk	1,035	2.09
193	Burnsville	64,295	2.10
194	Coon Rapids	63,348	2.13
195	Apple Valley	55,696	2.14
196	Hutchinson	14,629	2.17
197	Duluth	86,863	2.20
198	St. Francis	8,279	2.23
199	Silver Bay	1,790	2.23
200	Dilworth	4,664	2.28
201	Royalton	1,092	2.35
202	Renville	1,397	2.39
203	Long Prairie	3,683	2.42
204	Anoka	17,941	2.44
205	Litchfield	6,599	2.46
206	Fridley	29,944	2.47
207	Windom	4,786	2.50
208	Wells	2,317	2.50
209	Mankato	44,882	2.56
210	Richfield	36,725	2.70
211	Marshall	13,880	2.73
212	Chisholm	4,731	2.79
213	Crystal	22,685	2.79
214	Albany	2,800	2.81
215	Worthington	13,792	2.81
216	Spring Lake Park	6,997	2.85
217	Wheaton	1,334	2.86
218	Hopkins	18,696	2.87
219	Alexandria	14,579	2.91
220	Brooklyn Park	84,349	2.91
221	Fairmont	10,348	2.95
222	Redwood Falls	5,075	2.97
223	Granite Falls	2,612	3.00
224	St. Paul Park	5,464	3.01
225	Faribault	24,458	3.08
226	Keewatin	1,229	3.10
227	Bloomington	88,838	3.13
228	Columbia Heights	22,016	3.21
229	New Richland	1,068	3.30
230	Roseau	2,728	3.36
231	South St. Paul	20,633	3.49
232	Mountain Lake	1,833	3.63
233	Moorhead	44,706	3.65
234	Blue Earth	3,170	3.80
235	Robbinsdale	14,318	3.85
236	Oak Park Heights	4,782	3.89
237	Roseville	35,905	4.00
238	St. Cloud	69,926	4.08
239	Virginia	8,362	4.12
240	Park Rapids	4,226	4.14
241	Crookston	7,388	4.16
242	Brainerd	14,474	4.31
243	Willmar	21,136	4.38
244	Maplewood	40,981	4.54
245	Newport	4,460	4.89
246	Gilbert	1,693	6.04
247	St. Paul	307,762	6.18
248	Breckenridge	3,369	6.36
249	Brooklyn Center	32,811	6.83
250	International Falls	5,728	7.04
251	Bemidji	15,490	8.14
252	Hilltop	1,056	8.19
253	Minneapolis	426,845	11.62

Methodology

Cities in Minnesota are ranked by crime rate per 1k. Only cities with populations above 1,000 are included. Data sourced from FBI Crime Data Explorer. Last updated 2026.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the #1 safest cities in minnesota?: Fairfax ranks #1 with 0.00 (crime rate per 1k).
What are the top 5 safest cities in minnesota?: 1. Fairfax (0.00), 2. Deephaven (0.00), 3. Kenyon (0.00), 4. Osakis (0.00), 5. Parkers Prairie (0.00)
How many cities in Minnesota are ranked?: This ranking includes 253 cities in Minnesota with available data.

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