What is the crime rate in Elk River, MN?

In 2025, the Elk River Police Department reported 24 violent crimes and 204 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 86 violent and 728 property crimes per 100,000 of the 28,039 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: 86
Property per 100,000: 728
Violent crimes: 24
Property crimes: 204

Crime reported by the Elk River 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	25	92	294	1,082	27,166
2024	26	93	279	1,003	27,826
2025	24	86	204	728	28,039

Violent crimes reported went from 25 in 2023 to 24 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 294 in 2023 to 204 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.

Elk River against Minnesota and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Elk River	86	728
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 Elk River, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Elk River	—	86	728
Ramsey	7.5 mi	27	396
Big Lake	8.6 mi	91	495
St. Francis	9.4 mi	58	488
Rogers	10 mi	54	1,736
Dayton	11 mi	42	424
Anoka	12 mi	199	889
Champlin	14 mi	83	919

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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