What is the crime rate in Big Lake, MN?

In 2025, the Big Lake Police Department reported 12 violent crimes and 65 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 91 violent and 495 property crimes per 100,000 of the 13,141 residents it serves.

Across Minnesota the rates were 227 and 1,430.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 91
Property per 100,000: 495
Violent crimes: 12
Property crimes: 65

Crime reported by the Big Lake Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	8	63	48	377	12,749
2024	17	132	50	387	12,904
2025	12	91	65	495	13,141

Violent crimes reported went from 8 in 2023 to 12 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 48 in 2023 to 65 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Big Lake against Minnesota and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Big Lake	91	495
Sherburne County	59	400
Minnesota	227	1,430
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Big Lake, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Big Lake	—	91	495
Becker	7.6 mi	56	449
Elk River	8.6 mi	86	728
Buffalo	13 mi	53	356
Rogers	14 mi	54	1,736
Ramsey	15 mi	27	396

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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