Hotel Kaddatz · Public domainMore property crime is recorded per resident in Fergus Falls than in 83% of U.S. towns
The graded rate fell 19% from 2023 to 2025. Its letter overall is C (#141 of 166 graded towns in Minnesota): more crime per resident than 75% of U.S. towns, from crimes its police reported through 2023 to 2025. Year on year, 2.1 violent crimes and 23.5 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 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 Fergus Falls
A college town
Fergus Falls is home to Minnesota State Community and Technical College, with 3,862 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 4% 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 ↓
A job center
Fergus Falls has 8,870 jobs based in town for 14,246 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. 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 Fergus Falls’ 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; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.1) 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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Fergus Falls property | Rest of Minnesota property | Fergus Falls violent | Rest of Minnesota violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 23.1 | 24.8 | 2.2 | 3.4 |
| 2023 | 25.5 | 21.8 | 2.6 | 3.1 |
| 2024 | 23.7 | 20.6 | 2.0 | 3.1 |
| 2025 | 21.3 | 18.2 | 1.5 | 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Fergus Falls | Rest of Minnesota | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Fergus Falls’ police reported 88 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.1 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 Fergus Falls 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.
327 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.
22 violent and 305 property, as reported to the FBI by Fergus Falls’ police.
Three people died in crashes on Fergus Falls’s roads in 2019–2023
Fergus Falls had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people 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 Fergus Falls’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Fergus Falls’s own rate (4.2) 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.
Fergus Falls and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fergus Falls | C | 2.1 | 23.5 |
| Aurdal Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Aurdal Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Minnesota towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fergus Falls | C | 2.1 | 23.5 |
| North Mankato | B | 1.7 | 8.9 |
| Marshall | B | 2.5 | 6.3 |
| Worthington | C+ | 3.2 | 9.2 |
| Robbinsdale | C | 3.6 | 16.7 |
| Brainerd | C− | 4.2 | 18.6 |
The five graded Minnesota towns closest to Fergus Falls’ population (14,246), 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 Fergus Falls. 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 Fergus Falls’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (14,294 in 2025); our figure for Fergus Falls is 14,246 (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 Fergus Falls
Is Fergus Falls, MN safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Fergus Falls reports more crime per resident than 75% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #141 of 166 in Minnesota. Its police reported 2.1 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 Fergus Falls?
2.1 violent and 23.5 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 Fergus Falls?
Fergus Falls’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Fergus Falls”. 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.