Safest counties for violent crime rate in Minnesota

Top 25 of 87 counties with data.

Ranked by violent crime rate (FBI Crime Data Explorer (per-agency, 2018-2022 average), FBI CDE 2020-2024 avg), lowest first.

Safest counties for violent crime rate in Minnesota
Rank	County	Value
1	Fillmore	29.2 per 100k
2	Houston	35.7 per 100k
3	Rock	46.5 per 100k
4	Lincoln	46.8 per 100k
5	Kittson	48.5 per 100k
6	Lake of the Woods	51.2 per 100k
7	Sibley	56.1 per 100k
8	Le Sueur	58.1 per 100k
9	Wadena	58.7 per 100k
10	Grant	58.8 per 100k
11	Norman	59.0 per 100k
12	Lac qui Parle	60.5 per 100k
13	Carver	63.3 per 100k
14	Chippewa	64.8 per 100k
15	Wright	70.2 per 100k
16	Wabasha	70.4 per 100k
17	Murray	71.7 per 100k
18	Brown	73.3 per 100k
19	Jackson	75.6 per 100k
20	Sherburne	79.0 per 100k
21	Pope	80.5 per 100k
22	Kanabec	82.2 per 100k
23	Pipestone	84.8 per 100k
24	Lake	88.5 per 100k
25	Red Lake	90.9 per 100k

How this ranking works

This page ranks Minnesota counties by violent crime rate, sorted so the safest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For violent crime rate, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh violent crime rate against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of violent crime rate.

Safest Counties (Lowest Violent Crime) in Minnesota (2026)

Safest counties for violent crime rate in Minnesota

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