Grand Forks, ND Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Grand Forks, ND Summary

Crime in Grand Forks research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Grand Forks over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Grand Forks:

  • There were 1,923 total crimes committed in Grand Forks the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,280.5 total crimes per 100K people in Grand Forks.
  • The overall crime rate in Grand Forks is 41.14% above the national average.
  • Grand Forks ranks #46 safest out of 50 cities in North Dakota.
  • Grand Forks ranks #8,423 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Grand Forks Vs North Dakota And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Grand Forks is 3,280.5 per 100,000 people. That's 41.14% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 33.73% higher than the North Dakota total crime rate of 2,453.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Grand Forks
/ 100k People
North Dakota
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,923 3,280.5 2,453.1 2,324.2
Murder 2 3.4 4.2 6.3
Robbery 19 32.4 19.7 66.1
Aggravated Assault 121 206.4 253.4 268.2
Violent Crime 172 293.4 329.0 369.8
Burglary 365 622.7 417.6 269.8
Larceny 1,263 2,154.6 1,435.5 1,401.9
Car Theft 123 209.8 271.0 282.7
Property Crime 1,751 2,987.0 2,124.1 1,954.4

Grand Forks Crime Compared To North Dakota Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in North Dakota.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Grand Forks

172
Violent Crimes
293.4
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-20.66%
Below The National Average
  • There were 172 violent crimes in Grand Forks in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Grand Forks is 293.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 340.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Grand Forks each year. That compares to a 1 in 303.9 chance statewide.
  • That's -20.66% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -10.82% lower than the North Dakota violent crime rate of 329.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Grand Forks

1,751
Property Crimes
2,987.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
52.84%
Above The National Average
  • There were 1,751 property crimes in Grand Forks in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Grand Forks is 2,987.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 33.5 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Grand Forks each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 52.84% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 40.63% higher than the North Dakota property crime rate of 2,124.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Grand Forks

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
East Grand Forks, MN 9,002 57 633.2 522.1 111.1
Thief River Falls, MN 8,625 195 2,260.9 2,202.9 58.0
Crookston, MN 7,214 147 2,037.7 1,580.3 457.4
Grafton, ND 4,117 63 1,530.2 1,287.3 242.9
Thompson, ND 1,086 1 92.1 0.0 92.1

Grand Forks SnackAbility

8
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
7/10
Housing
8
Affordability
6
Diversity
8
Safety
5
Amenities
9
Education
8.5
Commute
10
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