Wells, MN Crime Statistics For 2023

Demographics | Crime
Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Wells, MN Summary

Crime in Wells research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Wells 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 Wells:

  • There were 2 total crimes committed in Wells the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 82.6 total crimes per 100K people in Wells.
  • The overall crime rate in Wells is -96.44% below the national average.
  • Wells ranks #21 safest out of 296 cities in Minnesota.
  • Wells ranks #455 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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Wells Vs Minnesota And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Wells is 82.6 per 100,000 people. That's -96.44% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -96.56% lower than the Minnesota total crime rate of 2,402.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Wells
/ 100k People
Minnesota
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 2 82.6 2,402.4 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 3.4 6.3
Robbery 0 0.0 68.5 66.1
Aggravated Assault 0 0.0 166.5 268.2
Violent Crime 1 41.3 277.5 369.8
Burglary 0 0.0 307.0 269.8
Larceny 0 0.0 1,567.8 1,401.9
Car Theft 1 41.3 250.0 282.7
Property Crime 1 41.3 2,124.9 1,954.4

Wells 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 Wells

1
Violent Crimes
41.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-88.83%
Below The National Average
  • There were 1 violent crimes in Wells in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Wells is 41.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 2,420.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Wells each year. That compares to a 1 in 360.4 chance statewide.
  • That's -88.83% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -85.11% lower than the Minnesota violent crime rate of 277.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Wells

1
Property Crimes
41.3
Property Crimes / 100k People
-97.89%
Below The National Average
  • There were 1 property crimes in Wells in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Wells is 41.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 2,420.0 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Wells each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -97.89% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -98.06% lower than the Minnesota property crime rate of 2,124.9 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Wells

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Mankato, MN 44,925 1,241 2,762.4 2,504.2 258.2
Owatonna, MN 26,394 334 1,265.4 1,038.1 227.3
Austin, MN 26,275 604 2,298.8 2,047.6 251.2
Faribault, MN 24,417 549 2,248.4 1,994.5 253.9
Albert Lea, MN 18,338 352 1,919.5 1,772.3 147.2
North Mankato, MN 14,403 152 1,055.3 930.4 125.0
St. Peter, MN 11,647 115 987.4 832.8 154.5
Fairmont, MN 10,369 160 1,543.1 1,311.6 231.5
Waseca, MN 9,253 102 1,102.3 961.9 140.5
Clear Lake, IA 7,501 194 2,586.3 1,879.7 706.6

Wells SnackAbility

8
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
7/10
Housing
3
Affordability
9
Diversity
6
Safety
8
Amenities
6
Education
6
Commute
8.5
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