Photo: 123dieinafire · Public domainRecorded crime in East Bethel, without a grade
For 2023–2025, the FBI has no crime figures for East Bethel itself, so it has no Safety Grade. 2 towns with a Safety Grade lie within 10 miles. St. Francis, 9 miles away, is the nearest town with a Safety Grade (B+).
The nearest Minnesota towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Francis | B+ | 9 mi | 1.4 | 6.5 |
| Isanti | A− | 10 mi | 0.8 | 5.6 |
| Wyoming | A− | 12 mi | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| Blaine | B− | 13 mi | 0.8 | 14.1 |
| Anoka | B− | 13 mi | 2.4 | 11.1 |
| Coon Rapids | C+ | 13 mi | 1.8 | 15.4 |
Straight-line distance from the center of East Bethel. Nearby towns can differ a lot from East Bethel.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Eight people died in crashes on East Bethel’s roads in 2019–2023
East Bethel had 7 fatal crashes in five years, in which eight people died.
That is more than 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 East Bethel’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so East Bethel’s own rate (13.2) 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.
East Bethel and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus | — | — | — |
| Oak Grove | — | — | — |
| Linwood Township | — | — | — |
| Athens Township | — | — | — |
| Ham Lake | — | — | — |
| St. Francis | B+ | 1.4 | 6.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Columbus, Oak Grove, Linwood Township, Athens Township and Ham Lake have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
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.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- 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 East Bethel
Is East Bethel, MN safe?
There is no Safety Grade for East Bethel. East Bethel has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest Minnesota towns with a grade are St. Francis (B+, 9 mi), Isanti (A−, 10 mi), Wyoming (A−, 12 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in East Bethel.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.