100 Minnesota Suburbs, Towns Ranked For Safety

TWIN CITIES, MN — The website Safewise recently released its rankings of the 100 safest cities in Minnesota, topped by Goodview in Winona County. Big Lake, in Sherburne County, ranked no. 2 overall.

Several Twin Cities suburban communities also made the list. Cottage Grove, for example, was ranked the ninth safest town in the state, with a violent crimes rate of just 0.41 per 1,000 people and a property crime rate of 20.66 per 1,000. The median income in Cottage Grove is $90,337.

Minnesota itself has below average rates of property and violent crime.

"The North Star State doesn't need to wish upon a celestial body for lower crime rates," Safewise writes.

"This northern gem already does better than national crime rates for both violent and property crime. Minnesota's violent crime rate is 2.95 incidents per 1,000 people, compared to the national rate of 4.49. With such good numbers, it's no surprise that we welcomed back 40% of the cities that were honored last year."

"And the good streak continues with property crime—Minnesota slides just under the national average with 26.17 incidents per 1,000. The national property crime rate is 27.11."

According to the rankings, the top 100 safest cities in Minnesota are:

1. Goodview
2. Big Lake
3. Cold Spring/Richmond
4. Elko New Market
5. Princeton
6. New Prague
7. Chisholm
8. Oak Park Heights
9. Cottage Grove
10. Lino Lakes
11. Edina
12. Medina
13. Eden Prairie
14. Ramsey
15. Dayton
16. Orono
17. Farmington
18. Cambridge
19. Rosemount
20. Lake City
21. Minnetrista
22. Minnetonka
23. Dilworth
24. Corcoran
25. Lakeville
26. Maple Grove
27. Belle Plaine
28. West Hennepin
29. St. Joseph
30. Morris
31. Sauk Rapids
32. Buffalo
33. Plymouth
34. Savage
35. Chaska
36. Golden Valley
37. Mounds View
38. Woodbury
39. Baxter
40. Eagan
41. Blaine
42. South Lake Minnetonka
43. Centennial Lakes
44. Little Falls
45. Elk River
46. St. Louis Park
47. Wyoming
48. La Crescent
49. Champlin
50. Falcon Heights
51. Rogers
52. Stillwater
53. Fairmont
54. Kasson
55. Jordan
56. Prior Lake
57. Sartell
58. Hermantown
59. North Mankato
60. St. Francis
61. Waseca
62. Wayzata
63. New Brighton
64. Apple Valley
65. Owatonna
66. Isanti
67. Becker
68. Thief River Falls
69. St. Peter
70. Mendota Heights
71. Northfield
72. New Hope
73. Glencoe
74. St. Paul Park
75. East Grand Forks
76. North St. Paul
77. Forest Lake
78. Hastings
79. Hutchinson
80. Coon Rapids
81. Bloomington
82. Burnsville
83. Shakopee
84. Grand Rapids
85. White Bear Lake
86. New Ulm
87. Cloquet
88. Hibbing
89. Windom
90. Lakes Area
91. Winona
92. Hopkins
93. St. Anthony
94. North Branch
95. Rochester
96. International Falls
97. Spring Lake Park
98. St. James
99. Sauk Centre
100. Moorhead

Read the Safest Cities in Minnesota ranking or find out more about the report's methodology