North Mankato Public School · Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 4.0Reported crime per resident in North Mankato fell 36% from 2023 to 2025
Across all the graded crimes, North Mankato lands on B (#76 of 166 graded towns in Minnesota): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Police counts work out at 1.7 violent crimes and 8.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the rest of Minnesota they are 3.0 and 20.2.
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 North Mankato
North Mankato reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 3 Minnesota towns on North Mankato’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Mankato (C−). Belgrade Township and Mankato Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
A college town
North Mankato is home to South Central College, with 1,762 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 5% 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 North Mankato’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds North Mankato’s grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (1.7) 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 | North Mankato property | Rest of Minnesota property | North Mankato violent | Rest of Minnesota violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9.3 | 24.9 | 1.2 | 3.4 |
| 2023 | 11.2 | 21.8 | 2.0 | 3.1 |
| 2024 | 8.5 | 20.7 | 1.5 | 3.1 |
| 2025 | 6.8 | 18.3 | 1.6 | 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 | North Mankato | Rest of Minnesota | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
North Mankato’s police reported 72 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.7 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 North Mankato 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.
119 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.
23 violent and 96 property, as reported to the FBI by North Mankato’s police.
Two people died in crashes on North Mankato’s roads in 2019–2023
North Mankato had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two 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 North Mankato’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so North Mankato’s own rate (2.8) 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.
North Mankato and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Mankato | B | 1.7 | 8.9 |
| Belgrade Township | — | — | — |
| Mankato | C− | 2.8 | 25.3 |
| Mankato Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Belgrade Township and Mankato Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Minnesota towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Fergus Falls | C | 2.1 | 23.5 |
| Brainerd | C− | 4.2 | 18.6 |
The five graded Minnesota towns closest to North Mankato’s population (14,165), 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 North Mankato. 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 North Mankato’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (14,103 in 2025); our figure for North Mankato is 14,165 (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 North Mankato
Is North Mankato, MN safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, North Mankato reports less crime per resident than 57% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #76 of 166 in Minnesota. Its police reported 1.7 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 North Mankato?
1.7 violent and 8.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Minnesota reports 3.0 and 20.2; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is North Mankato safer than Mankato?
Mankato reports more crime per resident than North Mankato: Mankato grades C− for safety and North Mankato B. Mankato’s police reported 2.8 violent and 25.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices North Mankato?
North Mankato’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “North Mankato”. 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.