New Ulm, MN Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In New Ulm, MN Summary

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

  • There were 75 total crimes committed in New Ulm in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 536.1 total crimes per 100K people in New Ulm.
  • The overall crime rate in New Ulm is -74.71% below the national average.
  • New Ulm ranks #87 safest out of 269 cities in Minnesota.
  • New Ulm ranks #2,390 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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New Ulm Vs Minnesota And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in New Ulm is 536.1 per 100,000 people. That's -74.71% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -71.22% lower than the Minnesota total crime rate of 1,862.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
New Ulm
/ 100k People
Minnesota
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 75 536.1 1,862.9 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 2.9 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 48.9 61.0
Aggravated Assault 2 14.3 168.0 256.0
Violent Crime 4 28.6 256.6 359.0
Burglary 4 28.6 184.7 229.0
Larceny 63 450.3 1,208.5 1,272.0
Car Theft 4 28.6 213.1 259.0
Property Crime 71 507.5 1,606.3 1,760.0

New Ulm 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 New Ulm

4
Violent Crimes
28.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-92.04%
Below The National Average
  • There were 4 violent crimes in New Ulm in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in New Ulm is 28.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 3,497.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in New Ulm each year. That compares to a 1 in 389.6 chance statewide.
  • That's -92.04% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -88.86% lower than the Minnesota violent crime rate of 256.6 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In New Ulm

71
Property Crimes
507.5
Property Crimes / 100k People
-71.17%
Below The National Average
  • There were 71 property crimes in New Ulm in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in New Ulm is 507.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 197.1 chance of being the victim of a property crime in New Ulm each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -71.17% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -68.41% lower than the Minnesota property crime rate of 1,606.3 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around New Ulm

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Mankato, MN 45,431 1,417 3,119.0 2,819.7 299.4
Hutchinson, MN 14,713 170 1,155.4 870.0 285.5
North Mankato, MN 14,229 188 1,321.2 1,124.5 196.8
St. Peter, MN 12,195 94 770.8 656.0 114.8
Fairmont, MN 10,164 194 1,908.7 1,702.1 206.6
New Prague, MN 8,336 37 443.9 383.9 60.0
Belle Plaine, MN 7,482 64 855.4 788.6 66.8
Jordan, MN 6,831 41 600.2 512.4 87.8
Glencoe, MN 5,646 71 1,257.5 1,062.7 194.8

New Ulm SnackAbility

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