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Safety in Nashwauk · Not graded

Crime in Nashwauk: the figures, without a grade

The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Hibbing, 10 miles away, graded A−. A 25-mile circle around it holds 3 towns with a grade. Nashwauk’s police department covers under 1,000 people in the FBI’s count, so the page shows its counts, not rates, and there is no Safety Grade.

Violent crimes
0
reported to the FBI, 2025
Property crimes
0
reported to the FBI, 2025
Nearest graded town
10 mi
Hibbing (A−)
Reported crime, 2025

0 crimes reported in 2025

0
violent crimes reported
0
property crimes reported

In a town this small, a few incidents move the numbers a lot, so we show counts rather than rates.

What gets reported

Every offense type reported in 2025

2025 offenses reported

Larceny / theft0
Burglary0
Vehicle theft0
Aggravated assault0
Robbery0
Rape0
Homicide0
Arson0
0
violent crimes
0
property crimes

Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.

0 violent and 0 property, as reported to the FBI by Nashwauk’s police.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Minnesota towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
HibbingA−10 mi0.26.3
ChisholmC15 mi2.516.2
Grand RapidsB+20 mi1.18.8
EvelethC−30 mi3.823.1
VirginiaC−32 mi3.521.7
GilbertC34 mi3.414.3

Straight-line distance from the center of Nashwauk. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Nashwauk.

Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

On the roads

Two people died in crashes on Nashwauk’s roads in 2019–2023

Nashwauk had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which two people died.

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 Nashwauk’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Nashwauk’s own rate (43.2) is context, not a ranking.

2
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
43.2
per 100,000 a year · Minnesota towns of 2,500–5,000: 4.7

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.

Next door

Nashwauk and its neighbors

A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
Nashwauk Township———
Greenway Township———
HibbingA−0.26.3

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Nashwauk Township and Greenway Township 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.

How to read these numbers

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 Nashwauk. 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 Nashwauk’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (958 in 2025); our figure for Nashwauk is 957 (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 Nashwauk

Is Nashwauk, MN safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Nashwauk. The nearest Minnesota towns with a grade are Hibbing (A−, 10 mi), Chisholm (C, 15 mi), Grand Rapids (B+, 20 mi).

Who polices Nashwauk?

Nashwauk’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Nashwauk”. 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.