Church of the Good Shepherd-Episcopal · Photo: Elkman · CC BY-SA 3.0Blue Earth reports less property crime than most U.S. towns, but more violent crime
Overall, Blue Earth grades B+ for safety (#51 of 166 graded towns in Minnesota): less crime per resident than 73% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of MN” is every other Minnesota city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Blue Earth
A job center
Blue Earth has 1,952 jobs based in town for 3,165 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Blue Earth’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds Blue Earth’s grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (1.9) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Blue Earth’s police reported 18 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.9 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.0 in the rest of Minnesota and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Blue Earth | Rest of Minnesota | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 3 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
Reported crime is steady
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Minnesota.
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| Year | Blue Earth property | Rest of Minnesota property | Blue Earth violent | Rest of Minnesota violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.8 | 24.8 | 0.0 | 3.4 |
| 2023 | 3.8 | 21.8 | 1.3 | 3.1 |
| 2024 | 1.9 | 20.6 | 3.8 | 3.1 |
| 2025 | 3.2 | 18.2 | 0.6 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
12 crimes reported in 2025
2 violent and 10 property, as reported to the FBI by Blue Earth’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
No one died in a crash on Blue Earth’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what is typical for Minnesota towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (4.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Blue Earth’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Blue Earth’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Blue Earth and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Earth | B+ | 1.9 | 2.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Blue Earth. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Blue Earth’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (3,157 in 2025); our figure for Blue Earth is 3,165 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Blue Earth
Is Blue Earth, MN safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Blue Earth reports less crime per resident than 73% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #51 of 166 in Minnesota. Its police reported 1.9 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.0 in the rest of Minnesota and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Blue Earth?
1.9 violent and 2.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Minnesota reports 3.0 and 20.2; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Blue Earth?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
Who polices Blue Earth?
Blue Earth’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Blue Earth”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
Heads-up board
Neighbors looking out for each other in Blue Earth.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.