Photo: Allmightyduck · CC BY-SA 3.0Lakeville sees less crime per resident than three in four U.S. towns
Counting crimes Lakeville’s police reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades A− for safety: #43 of 166 graded towns in Minnesota. What’s more, its police logs show 0.9 violent crime and 5.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the rest of Minnesota the numbers are 3.0 and 20.5. Per resident, the graded crimes were down 23% from 2023 to 2025. On violence it beats 72% of U.S. towns, and on property crime 74%.
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 Lakeville
1 of the 3 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 6 Minnesota towns on Lakeville’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Farmington (A), Apple Valley (C+), Burnsville (C). Eureka Township, Credit River and Empire have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
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 Lakeville’s 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 lower than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Lakeville | Rest of Minnesota | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.9 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Lakeville’s police reported 205 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.9 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.0 in the rest of Minnesota and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Lakeville property | Rest of Minnesota property | Lakeville violent | Rest of Minnesota violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6.7 | 25.2 | 0.8 | 3.5 |
| 2023 | 6.9 | 22.1 | 0.9 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 5.7 | 20.9 | 0.8 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 5.1 | 18.5 | 0.9 | 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 Lakeville 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 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
484 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.
73 violent and 411 property, as reported to the FBI by Lakeville’s police.
Six people died in crashes on Lakeville’s roads in 2019–2023
Lakeville had 6 fatal crashes in five years, in which six people died; 1 was a pedestrian. 2 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is fewer than is typical for Minnesota towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (4.2 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Lakeville’s size would see about 16 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Lakeville’s own rate (1.6) 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.
Lakeville and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeville | A− | 0.9 | 5.9 |
| Eureka Township | — | — | — |
| Credit River | — | — | — |
| Farmington | A | 0.8 | 3.3 |
| Burnsville | C | 2.1 | 17.9 |
| Apple Valley | C+ | 2.2 | 16.5 |
| Empire | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Eureka Township, Credit River and Empire have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Minnesota towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeville | A− | 0.9 | 5.9 |
| Plymouth | B+ | 0.6 | 9.8 |
| Woodbury | B | 0.8 | 12.1 |
| Blaine | B− | 0.8 | 14.1 |
| Maple Grove | B− | 1.1 | 16.4 |
| Brooklyn Park | C− | 3.4 | 23.7 |
The five graded Minnesota towns closest to Lakeville’s population (79,270), 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 Lakeville. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Lakeville’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (80,095 in 2025); our figure for Lakeville is 79,270 (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 Lakeville
Is Lakeville, MN safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Lakeville reports less crime per resident than 77% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade and #43 of 166 in Minnesota. Its police reported 0.9 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 Lakeville?
0.9 violent and 5.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Minnesota reports 3.0 and 20.5; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Lakeville in 2025?
Lakeville’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Lakeville safer than Farmington?
Farmington reports less crime per resident than Lakeville: Farmington grades A for safety and Lakeville A−. Farmington’s police reported 0.8 violent and 3.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Lakeville?
Lakeville’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Lakeville”. 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.