What is the crime rate in Bismarck, ND?

In 2025, the Bismarck Police Department reported 190 violent crimes and 1,493 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 241 violent and 1,894 property crimes per 100,000 of the 78,814 residents it serves.

Across North Dakota the rates were 241 and 1,495.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on .

Violent per 100,000
241
Property per 100,000
1,894
Violent crimes
190
Property crimes
1,493

Crime reported by the Bismarck 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
YearViolent crimesViolent per 100,000Property crimesProperty per 100,000Residents served
20232363152,3463,13674,802
20242102781,8262,41775,546
20251902411,4931,89478,814

Violent crimes reported went from 236 in 2023 to 190 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 2,346 in 2023 to 1,493 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.

Bismarck against North Dakota and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
Violent crimeProperty crime
Bismarck2411,894
Burleigh County2221,543
North Dakota2411,495
United States3301,552

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.

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.

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Questions about Bismarck

What is the crime rate in Bismarck?

In 2025, the Bismarck Police Department reported 241 violent crimes and 1,894 property crimes per 100,000 residents to the FBI.

How many crimes were reported in Bismarck in 2025?

In 2025, the Bismarck Police Department reported 190 violent crimes and 1,493 property crimes to the FBI.

Has crime gone up or down in Bismarck?

Violent crimes reported went from 236 in 2023 to 190 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 2,346 in 2023 to 1,493 in 2025.

Where do these crime figures come from?

From the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: each police department reports the offenses known to it every month, and the FBI publishes them in its Crime Data Explorer.

Sources

Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.

Figures last updated on .

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