Lake City, MN Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Lake City, MN Summary

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

  • There were 41 total crimes committed in Lake City in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 768.5 total crimes per 100K people in Lake City.
  • The overall crime rate in Lake City is -63.74% below the national average.
  • Lake City ranks #125 safest out of 269 cities in Minnesota.
  • Lake City ranks #3,460 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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Lake City Vs Minnesota And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Lake City is 768.5 per 100,000 people. That's -63.74% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -58.75% lower than the Minnesota total crime rate of 1,862.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Lake City
/ 100k People
Minnesota
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 41 768.5 1,862.9 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 2.9 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 48.9 61.0
Aggravated Assault 1 18.7 168.0 256.0
Violent Crime 4 75.0 256.6 359.0
Burglary 7 131.2 184.7 229.0
Larceny 28 524.8 1,208.5 1,272.0
Car Theft 2 37.5 213.1 259.0
Property Crime 37 693.5 1,606.3 1,760.0

Lake City 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 Lake City

4
Violent Crimes
75.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-79.12%
Below The National Average
  • There were 4 violent crimes in Lake City in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Lake City is 75.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,333.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Lake City each year. That compares to a 1 in 389.6 chance statewide.
  • That's -79.12% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -70.79% lower than the Minnesota violent crime rate of 256.6 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Lake City

37
Property Crimes
693.5
Property Crimes / 100k People
-60.59%
Below The National Average
  • There were 37 property crimes in Lake City in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Lake City is 693.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 144.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Lake City each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -60.59% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -56.82% lower than the Minnesota property crime rate of 1,606.3 per 100,000 people.

Lake City SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
8
Affordability
8
Diversity
5
Safety
8
Amenities
8
Education
8.5
Commute
9
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