Safest counties for violent crime rate in North Dakota

Top 25 of 53 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 North Dakota
Rank	County	Value
1	Sheridan	15.5 per 100k
2	Billings	20.1 per 100k
3	Oliver	20.9 per 100k
4	Steele	21.8 per 100k
5	Grant	26.6 per 100k
6	LaMoure	29.5 per 100k
7	Dickey	37.2 per 100k
8	Benson	42.3 per 100k
9	Traill	42.5 per 100k
10	Foster	42.7 per 100k
11	Logan	42.9 per 100k
12	Divide	45.1 per 100k
13	McIntosh	48.5 per 100k
14	Emmons	49.6 per 100k
15	Kidder	49.7 per 100k
16	Bottineau	50.4 per 100k
17	Burke	56.2 per 100k
18	Eddy	61.6 per 100k
19	Bowman	61.9 per 100k
20	Ransom	62.3 per 100k
21	Rolette	65.9 per 100k
22	Nelson	67.7 per 100k
23	Pierce	71.3 per 100k
24	Griggs	71.6 per 100k
25	Mountrail	76.6 per 100k

How this ranking works

This page ranks North Dakota 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 North Dakota (2026)

Safest counties for violent crime rate in North Dakota

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