Photo: Andrew Filer (afiler) · CC BY-SA 2.0Mandan reports more crime per resident than 83% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Mandan’s police in 2023–2025, it grades C− for safety: #14 of 16 graded towns in North Dakota.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of ND” is every other North Dakota 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 Mandan
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 Mandan’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 higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (3.0) 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 is falling
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 North Dakota.
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| Year | Mandan property | Rest of North Dakota property | Mandan violent | Rest of North Dakota violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 34.8 | 26.2 | 2.4 | 3.6 |
| 2023 | 35.9 | 25.4 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 25.8 | 23.2 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
| 2025 | 20.0 | 20.1 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 20 property crimes reported
And about 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Mandan’s police reported 222 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.0 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.2 in the rest of North Dakota and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Mandan | Rest of North Dakota | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
563 crimes reported in 2025
64 violent and 499 property, as reported to the FBI by Mandan’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total. 2025 figures come from FBI Crime Data Explorer, which publishes violent crime, homicides, robberies and property crime only.
10 people died in crashes on Mandan’s roads in 2019–2023
Mandan had 10 fatal crashes in five years, in which 10 people died; 1 was a pedestrian. 3 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 8.2 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for North Dakota towns of 5,000–25,000 people (3.1, 6 towns).
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.
Mandan and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mandan | C− | 3.0 | 27.2 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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 Mandan. 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 Mandan’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (24,931 in 2025); our figure for Mandan is 25,061 (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 Mandan
Is Mandan, ND safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Mandan reports more crime per resident than 83% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #14 of 16 in North Dakota. Its police reported 3.0 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.2 in the rest of North Dakota and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Mandan?
3.0 violent and 27.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of North Dakota reports 3.2 and 23.0; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Mandan?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Mandan in 2025?
Mandan’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.
Who polices Mandan?
Mandan’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Mandan Police Department”. 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.