What is the crime rate in Forest Lake, MN?

In 2025, the Forest Lake Police Department reported 11 violent crimes and 240 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 53 violent and 1,159 property crimes per 100,000 of the 20,700 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: 53
Property per 100,000: 1,159
Violent crimes: 11
Property crimes: 240

Crime reported by the Forest 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	19	91	369	1,763	20,936
2024	25	121	306	1,480	20,680
2025	11	53	240	1,159	20,700

Violent crimes reported went from 19 in 2023 to 11 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 369 in 2023 to 240 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.

Forest Lake against Minnesota and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Forest Lake	53	1,159
Washington County	75	867
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 Forest Lake, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Forest Lake	—	53	1,159
Wyoming	6.2 mi	85	341
Lino Lakes	9.5 mi	52	584
Blaine	13 mi	67	1,122

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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