What is the crime rate in Waite Park, MN?

In 2025, the Waite Park Police Department reported 19 violent crimes and 358 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 222 violent and 4,190 property crimes per 100,000 of the 8,545 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: 222
Property per 100,000: 4,190
Violent crimes: 19
Property crimes: 358

Crime reported by the Waite Park 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	17	203	604	7,210	8,377
2024	12	143	362	4,303	8,413
2025	19	222	358	4,190	8,545

Violent crimes reported went from 17 in 2023 to 19 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 604 in 2023 to 358 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.

Waite Park against Minnesota and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Waite Park	222	4,190
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 Waite Park, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Waite Park	—	222	4,190
St. Cloud	3.5 mi	361	2,521
St. Joseph	4.2 mi	201	502
Sauk Rapids	6.7 mi	159	1,028
Sartell	6.9 mi	70	983
Cold Spring	10.0 mi	153	390
Avon	12 mi	56	565

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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