What is the crime rate in Waseca, MN?

In 2025, the Waseca Police Department reported 14 violent crimes and 102 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 155 violent and 1,130 property crimes per 100,000 of the 9,030 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: 155
Property per 100,000: 1,130
Violent crimes: 14
Property crimes: 102

Crime reported by the Waseca 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	14	154	115	1,262	9,113
2024	20	217	89	965	9,219
2025	14	155	102	1,130	9,030

Violent crimes reported went from 14 in 2023 to 14 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 115 in 2023 to 102 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.

Waseca against Minnesota and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Waseca	155	1,130
Waseca County	118	782
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 Waseca, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Waseca	—	155	1,130
Waterville	10 mi	0	0
Janesville	11 mi	162	446
New Richland	13 mi	169	932

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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