The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Hutchinson, MN
Hutchinson is a city of 17,200 in McLeod County, about 40 miles west of downtown Shakopee · Updated November 2026
Is Hutchinson, MN safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Hutchinson: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 79% of Americans live. Violent crime grades A+ and property crime A. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A+ to A; see the map below.
A+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 933 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
79% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Hutchinson as a whole, and 21% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Hutchinson scores 933.
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 Hutchinson, MN at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Hutchinson, 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 Hutchinson
Aggravated assault runs low. Hutchinson has 1.4 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents, about half the US rate of 2.6.
The safest and least safe parts of Hutchinson
Every part of Hutchinson where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Hutchinson run from A+ to A; every part of Hutchinson has 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 Hutchinson, the northwest side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Hutchinson?
Reported violent crime in Hutchinson peaked in 2022 and has fallen 26% since, back near its 2019 level. Property crime is down 29% from 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults stayed at about 2.2 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 17 to 12 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 24% and property crime rose 35%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
HutchinsonUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Hutchinson. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Hutchinson
Violent, US
Property, Hutchinson
Property, US
2016
-58%
+4%
+21%
+15%
2017
-29%
+4%
+20%
+12%
2018
-10%
+0%
-3%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-38%
+4%
-14%
-8%
2021
+20%
+6%
-22%
-10%
2022
+32%
+5%
-42%
-6%
2023
+29%
+2%
-47%
-7%
2024
-2%
-4%
-29%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Hutchinson
CrimeGrade™ estimates Hutchinson has about 23 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 39% less than the US as a whole and 25% less than Minnesota.
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.
Theft makes up about 41% of crime reported in Hutchinson. Assault is less common but costs more, because each one does more harm.
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 Hutchinson
Hutchinson has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 40% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (40%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Homes (31%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Hutchinson compares with nearby cities
Hutchinson has the most crime of its 3 nearest cities.
Parking lots, transit and walkability in Hutchinson
Two things set Hutchinson apart: it has 4.9 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 2% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places with a lot of parking-lot space 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.4.9 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 97% of US city residents
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 Hutchinson: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% 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. 81% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (19 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 56% of US city residents
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.2% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 83% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.13.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 78% of US city residents
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.79% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 72% 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 Hutchinson
Crime costs Hutchinson about $536 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 56% 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 $10 million a year, or $602 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$170,000
$10
Rape
$500,000
$29
Robbery
$50,000
$3
Assault
$1.4 million
$79
Burglary
$140,000
$8
Theft
$810,000
$47
Vehicle theft
$160,000
$9
Arson
$74,000
$4
Vandalism
$530,000
$31
Total
$3.8 million
$221
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 Hutchinson 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 Hutchinson, MN average a SchoolGrade of B+: 42% of students test proficient, against 46% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Hutchinson on SchoolGrade
