Photo: Matt Lewis · CC BY-SA 2.0What is recorded in Elko New Market, and why there is no grade
For a graded neighbor, the nearest is Lonsdale (A), 8 miles away. Elko New Market’s police reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. Count 2 graded towns in the 10 miles around.
For every 1,000 residents, fewer than 1 property crime reported
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 no violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
The years Elko New Market’s police reported
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| Year | Elko New Market | Rest of Minnesota | Elko New Market | Rest of Minnesota |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.0 | 24.9 | 0.2 | 3.4 |
| 2023 | not reported | 21.8 | not reported | 3.1 |
| 2024 | 0.0 | 20.7 | 0.0 | 3.1 |
| 2025 | 0.2 | 18.2 | 0.0 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of Minnesota. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.
1 crime 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.
0 violent and 1 property, as reported to the FBI by Elko New Market’s police.
The nearest Minnesota towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lonsdale | A | 8 mi | 0.5 | 2.2 |
| Lakeville | A− | 9 mi | 0.9 | 5.9 |
| Farmington | A | 10 mi | 0.8 | 3.3 |
| Northfield | B− | 11 mi | 1.5 | 10.8 |
| Dundas | B | 12 mi | 0.7 | 13.2 |
| New Prague | A− | 12 mi | 0.6 | 4.7 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Elko New Market. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Elko New Market.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
No one died in a crash on Elko New Market’s roads in 2019–2023
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 Elko New Market’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Elko New Market’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.
Elko New Market and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 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.
- One number for all of Elko New Market. 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 Elko New Market’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (5,290 in 2025); our figure for Elko New Market is 5,300 (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 Elko New Market
Is Elko New Market, MN safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Elko New Market. The nearest Minnesota towns with a grade are Lonsdale (A, 8 mi), Lakeville (A−, 9 mi), Farmington (A, 10 mi).
Who polices Elko New Market?
Elko New Market’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Elko New Market”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Elko New Market.
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.