Big Lake, MN Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Big Lake, MN Summary

Crime in Big Lake research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Big Lake over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Big Lake:

  • There were 39 total crimes committed in Big Lake the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 308.9 total crimes per 100K people in Big Lake.
  • The overall crime rate in Big Lake is -86.71% below the national average.
  • Big Lake ranks #56 safest out of 296 cities in Minnesota.
  • Big Lake ranks #1,114 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Big Lake Vs Minnesota And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Big Lake is 308.9 per 100,000 people. That's -86.71% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -87.14% lower than the Minnesota total crime rate of 2,402.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Big Lake
/ 100k People
Minnesota
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 39 308.9 2,402.4 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 3.4 6.3
Robbery 0 0.0 68.5 66.1
Aggravated Assault 3 23.8 166.5 268.2
Violent Crime 7 55.4 277.5 369.8
Burglary 2 15.8 307.0 269.8
Larceny 24 190.1 1,567.8 1,401.9
Car Theft 6 47.5 250.0 282.7
Property Crime 32 253.5 2,124.9 1,954.4

Big Lake Crime Compared To Minnesota Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Minnesota.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Big Lake

7
Violent Crimes
55.4
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-85.01%
Below The National Average
  • There were 7 violent crimes in Big Lake in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Big Lake is 55.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,803.6 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Big Lake each year. That compares to a 1 in 360.4 chance statewide.
  • That's -85.01% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -80.02% lower than the Minnesota violent crime rate of 277.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Big Lake

32
Property Crimes
253.5
Property Crimes / 100k People
-87.03%
Below The National Average
  • There were 32 property crimes in Big Lake in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Big Lake is 253.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 394.5 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Big Lake each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -87.03% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -88.07% lower than the Minnesota property crime rate of 2,124.9 per 100,000 people.

Big Lake SnackAbility

9.5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
9/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
5
Safety
8.5
Amenities
8
Education
8.5
Commute
4
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