Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 4.0Recorded crime per resident is higher in Brooklyn Center than in 91% of U.S. towns
Next door, 4 of 5 towns with figures record less crime per resident. Brooklyn Center’s letter for safety is D, worked out from crimes its police reported over 2023 to 2025: #160 of 166 graded towns in Minnesota. Annual rates stand at 6.5 violent crimes and 26.0 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 3.0 and 20.2 in the rest of Minnesota.
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 Brooklyn Center
4 of the 5 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 5 Minnesota towns on Brooklyn Center’s borders, 5 have a Safety Grade: Robbinsdale (C), Crystal (C−), Brooklyn Park (C−), Fridley (D), Minneapolis (D−). Neighbors ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Brooklyn Center’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Brooklyn Center | Rest of Minnesota | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6.0 | 3.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 7.4 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 6.8 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 5.1 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Brooklyn Center’s police reported 606 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 6.5 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.0 in the rest of Minnesota and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Brooklyn Center per 1,000 residents
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.
And about 5 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Brooklyn Center property | Rest of Minnesota property | Brooklyn Center violent | Rest of Minnesota violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 30.3 | 24.8 | 6.0 | 3.4 |
| 2023 | 24.6 | 21.8 | 7.4 | 3.1 |
| 2024 | 26.9 | 20.6 | 6.8 | 3.1 |
| 2025 | 26.4 | 18.2 | 5.1 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Minnesota.
988 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
161 violent and 827 property, as reported to the FBI by Brooklyn Center’s police.
20 people died in crashes on Brooklyn Center’s roads in 2019–2023
Brooklyn Center had 20 fatal crashes in five years, in which 20 people died; 4 were pedestrians. 4 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 12.3 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Minnesota towns of 25,000–100,000 people (4.2, 40 towns).
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.
Brooklyn Center and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Center | D | 6.5 | 26.0 |
| Brooklyn Park | C− | 3.4 | 23.7 |
| Crystal | C− | 2.9 | 21.9 |
| Minneapolis | D− | 11.0 | 49.6 |
| Robbinsdale | C | 3.6 | 16.7 |
| Fridley | D | 2.7 | 31.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Minnesota towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Center | D | 6.5 | 26.0 |
| Rosemount | A | 0.6 | 4.6 |
| Ramsey | A | 0.5 | 4.8 |
| Chaska | A− | 0.8 | 5.9 |
| Savage | B+ | 0.9 | 7.2 |
| Oakdale | C+ | 1.5 | 16.2 |
The five graded Minnesota towns closest to Brooklyn Center’s population (31,846), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
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 Brooklyn Center. 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 Brooklyn Center’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (31,297 in 2025); our figure for Brooklyn Center is 31,846 (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 Brooklyn Center
Is Brooklyn Center, MN safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Brooklyn Center reports more crime per resident than 91% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #160 of 166 in Minnesota. Its police reported 6.5 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 Brooklyn Center?
6.5 violent and 26.0 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.
How many homicides were there in Brooklyn Center in 2025?
Brooklyn Center’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Brooklyn Center safer than Brooklyn Park?
Brooklyn Park reports less crime per resident than Brooklyn Center: Brooklyn Park grades C− for safety and Brooklyn Center D. Brooklyn Park’s police reported 3.4 violent and 23.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Brooklyn Center?
Brooklyn Center’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Brooklyn Center”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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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.