Photo: Myotus · CC BY 4.0Recorded crime per resident in Crookston fell 47% from 2023 to 2025
On property crime it beats 63% of U.S. towns; on violent crime, only 21%. In sum, crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025 put Crookston at C+ (#116 of 166 graded towns in Minnesota): more crime per resident than 60% of U.S. towns. Add to that, recorded violent crimes ran at 3.6 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 8.1, against 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 Crookston
A college town
Crookston is home to the University of Minnesota-Crookston, with 1,434 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 8% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
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 Crookston’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds Crookston’s grade up; violent crime pulls it down.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Crookston property | Rest of Minnesota property | Crookston violent | Rest of Minnesota violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 15.8 | 24.8 | 4.6 | 3.4 |
| 2023 | 9.9 | 21.8 | 4.4 | 3.1 |
| 2024 | 9.2 | 20.6 | 4.2 | 3.1 |
| 2025 | 5.3 | 18.2 | 2.4 | 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.
Crime in Crookston 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 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Crookston | Rest of Minnesota | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 4.4 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Crookston’s police reported 79 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.6 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.0 in the rest of Minnesota and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
55 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.
17 violent and 38 property, as reported to the FBI by Crookston’s police.
One person died in crashes on Crookston’s roads in 2019–2023
Crookston had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.
That is about what is typical for Minnesota towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (3.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Crookston’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Crookston’s own rate (2.7) 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.
Crookston and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crookston | C+ | 3.6 | 8.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Minnesota towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crookston | C+ | 3.6 | 8.1 |
| Medina | A | 0.5 | 4.6 |
| Belle Plaine | A− | 0.7 | 4.8 |
| Isanti | A− | 0.8 | 5.6 |
| Kasson | A− | 1.3 | 4.6 |
| Spring Lake Park | C+ | 1.8 | 17.7 |
The five graded Minnesota towns closest to Crookston’s population (7,375), 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 Crookston. 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 Crookston’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (7,216 in 2025); our figure for Crookston is 7,375 (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 Crookston
Is Crookston, MN safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Crookston reports more crime per resident than 60% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #116 of 166 in Minnesota. Its police reported 3.6 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 Crookston?
3.6 violent and 8.1 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.
Who polices Crookston?
Crookston’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Crookston”. 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.