Photo: Tim Kiser (w:User:Malepheasant) · CC BY-SA 2.5Reported crime per resident in Granite Falls fell 82% from 2023 to 2025
On property crime it beats 76% of U.S. towns; on violent crime, only 39%. All told, Granite Falls grades B for safety (#69 of 166 graded towns in Minnesota): less crime per resident than 60% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. What’s more, each year brought 2.2 violent crimes and 5.6 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (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 Granite Falls
A college town
Granite Falls is home to Minnesota West Community and Technical College, with 2,441 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 2% 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 Granite Falls’ grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds Granite Falls’ grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (2.2) 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 | Granite Falls property | Rest of Minnesota property | Granite Falls violent | Rest of Minnesota violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9.3 | 24.8 | 1.9 | 3.4 |
| 2023 | 9.0 | 21.8 | 3.7 | 3.1 |
| 2024 | 5.6 | 20.6 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
| 2025 | 2.3 | 18.2 | 0.0 | 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 | Granite Falls | Rest of Minnesota | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.9 | 3.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Granite Falls’ police reported 18 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.2 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 Granite 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 no violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
6 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.
0 violent and 6 property, as reported to the FBI by Granite Falls’ police.
No one died in a crash on Granite Falls’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what is typical for Minnesota towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (4.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Granite Falls’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Granite Falls’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.
Granite Falls and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Falls | B | 2.2 | 5.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Minnesota towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Falls | B | 2.2 | 5.6 |
| Caledonia | A+ | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Barnesville | A | 0.7 | 2.8 |
| Glenwood | B+ | 1.4 | 5.0 |
| Roseau | B− | 3.1 | 8.2 |
| Foley | C+ | 1.4 | 17.5 |
The five graded Minnesota towns closest to Granite Falls’ population (2,691), 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 Granite 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 Granite Falls’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (2,664 in 2025); our figure for Granite Falls is 2,691 (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 Granite Falls
Is Granite Falls, MN safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Granite Falls reports less crime per resident than 60% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #69 of 166 in Minnesota. Its police reported 2.2 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 Granite Falls?
2.2 violent and 5.6 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 Granite Falls?
Granite Falls’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Granite 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.