Big Lake, MN Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

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 on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Big Lake:

  • There were 53 total crimes committed in Big Lake in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 415.7 total crimes per 100K people in Big Lake.
  • The overall crime rate in Big Lake is -80.38% below the national average.
  • Big Lake ranks #69 safest out of 269 cities in Minnesota.
  • Big Lake ranks #1,799 safest out of 9,896 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 per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live 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 415.7 per 100,000 people. That's -80.38% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -77.68% lower than the Minnesota total crime rate of 1,862.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Big Lake
/ 100k People
Minnesota
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 53 415.7 1,862.9 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 2.9 5.0
Robbery 1 7.8 48.9 61.0
Aggravated Assault 3 23.5 168.0 256.0
Violent Crime 6 47.1 256.6 359.0
Burglary 3 23.5 184.7 229.0
Larceny 38 298.1 1,208.5 1,272.0
Car Theft 6 47.1 213.1 259.0
Property Crime 47 368.7 1,606.3 1,760.0

Big Lake Crime Compared To Minnesota Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Minnesota.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Big Lake

6
Violent Crimes
47.1
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-86.89%
Below The National Average
  • There were 6 violent crimes in Big Lake in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Big Lake is 47.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 2,124.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Big Lake each year. That compares to a 1 in 389.6 chance statewide.
  • That's -86.89% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -81.66% lower than the Minnesota violent crime rate of 256.6 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Big Lake

47
Property Crimes
368.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
-79.05%
Below The National Average
  • There were 47 property crimes in Big Lake in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Big Lake is 368.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 271.3 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 -79.05% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -77.05% lower than the Minnesota property crime rate of 1,606.3 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Big Lake

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Duluth, MN 86,570 2,751 3,177.8 2,913.2 264.5
Cloquet, MN 12,619 143 1,133.2 879.6 253.6
Hermantown, MN 10,081 271 2,688.2 2,618.8 69.4

Big Lake SnackAbility

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