The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Dickinson, ND
Dickinson is the seventh-largest city in North Dakota, with 27,100 residents in Stark County · Updated November 2026
Is Dickinson, ND safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Dickinson has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A, safer than the neighborhoods where 62% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Dickinson run from A+ to B+, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 886 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
62% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Dickinson as a whole, and 38% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Dickinson scores 886.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Dickinson, ND at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Dickinson, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out in Dickinson
Car thefts are uncommon. Dickinson has car thefts at about half the US rate: 1.4 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Dickinson
Every part of Dickinson where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Dickinson run from A+ to B+; 73% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Dickinson, the southwest side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Dickinson?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Dickinson is up 28% and property crime is down 15%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 2.3 to 2.9 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 19 to 17 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
DickinsonUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Dickinson. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Dickinson
Violent, US
Property, Dickinson
Property, US
2016
-32%
+4%
+12%
+15%
2017
-26%
+4%
+8%
+12%
2018
+11%
+0%
+14%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-30%
+4%
-9%
-8%
2021
+11%
+6%
-19%
-10%
2022
+8%
+5%
-12%
-6%
2023
+18%
+2%
-7%
-7%
2024
+28%
-4%
-15%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Dickinson
CrimeGrade™ estimates Dickinson has about 38 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as the US as a whole and close to North Dakota.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
The largest share of crime reported in Dickinson is assault, about 35% of the total. It also makes up the largest share of what crime costs here.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when crime happens in Dickinson
Dickinson has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Dickinson, 64% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 43% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (64%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Homes (40%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Homes (43%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (52%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (73%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Dickinson compares with nearby cities
Dickinson has the most crime of its 4 nearest cities.
Parking lots, empty homes and walkability in Dickinson
Two things set Dickinson apart: it has 7.1 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 10.3% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft, yet theft runs lower here than that would suggest.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.7.1 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 99% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.10.3% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 87% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft and assault. 79% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (19 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 58% of US city residents
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Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Dickinson: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.14.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 82% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.54 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 69% of US city residents
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What crime costs Dickinson
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Dickinson about $878 a year per household, 27% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $25 million a year, or $919 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$770,000
$28
Rape
$510,000
$19
Robbery
$53,000
$2
Assault
$3.9 million
$145
Burglary
$400,000
$15
Theft
$1.8 million
$68
Vehicle theft
$590,000
$22
Arson
$130,000
$5
Vandalism
$1.6 million
$57
Total
$9.8 million
$361
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Dickinson means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
Schools in Dickinson, ND average a SchoolGrade of D+: 41% of students test proficient, against 43% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Dickinson on SchoolGrade
