What is the crime rate in Moorhead, MN?

In 2025, the Moorhead Police Department reported 138 violent crimes and 681 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 300 violent and 1,480 property crimes per 100,000 of the 46,027 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: 300
Property per 100,000: 1,480
Violent crimes: 138
Property crimes: 681

Crime reported by the Moorhead 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	199	442	802	1,781	45,026
2024	140	308	740	1,629	45,424
2025	138	300	681	1,480	46,027

Violent crimes reported went from 199 in 2023 to 138 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 802 in 2023 to 681 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.

Moorhead against Minnesota and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Moorhead	300	1,480
Clay County	228	1,402
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 Moorhead, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Moorhead	—	300	1,480
Dilworth	2.5 mi	144	4,317
Fargo	4.0 mi	378	3,260
West Fargo	7.6 mi	185	957
Glyndon	7.9 mi	0	217

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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