ST. PAUL, MN — Violent crime dropped across Minnesota in 2025, with murders, assaults and robberies all declining from the year before, according to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension's Uniform Crime Report released Thursday.
The state recorded 130 murders in 2025, down from 172 in 2024. Firearms were involved in 69.2 percent of those killings, a decrease from 75 percent the year before.
Aggravated assaults fell 11 percent to 8,762 incidents, and rapes decreased 1.9 percent to 2,188.
The BCA reported that most rapes occurred in a home and more than a third of victims were minors.
Motor vehicle theft dropped 22.4 percent statewide, with 9,803 vehicles reported stolen compared to 12,634 in 2024. Carjackings, tracked separately from vehicle theft, fell 31 percent to 294 incidents. Larceny incidents totaled 64,157, the lowest figure in 57 years.
In the seven-county Twin Cities metro area, violent crime fell 14 percent. Greater Minnesota saw a 9 percent decline. Bias-motivated crimes held roughly steady at 224 reported incidents.
Law enforcement use-of-force incidents involving a discharged firearm dropped to 21 in 2025, six fewer than 2024. Assaults on officers fell slightly to 981 incidents, a 1.3 percent decrease.
Minnesota's overall violent crime rate fell to 226 per 100,000 residents, the lowest mark since 2019. State officials tied the decline to Gov. Tim Walz's One Minnesota Plan, which lists a reduced violent crime rate among its measurable goals.
The full 2025 Uniform Crime Report and an interactive data explorer are available on the BCA's website.
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