The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Lino Lakes, MN
Lino Lakes is a city of 21,700 in Anoka County, about 15 miles northeast of downtown Minneapolis · Updated November 2026
Is Lino Lakes, MN safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Lino Lakes has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 86% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A+ here. Every neighborhood in Lino Lakes grades A+.
A+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 951 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
86% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Lino Lakes as a whole, and 14% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Lino Lakes scores 951.
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 Lino Lakes, MN at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Lino Lakes, 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 Lino Lakes
Simple assaults are uncommon. Lino Lakes has simple assaults at a small fraction of the US rate: 2.0 a year per 1,000 residents, against 9.7 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Lino Lakes
Every part of Lino Lakes where people live grades A or B on the national scale.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Lino Lakes, the southeast side has the least crime and the west side the most.
Is crime going up in Lino Lakes?
Reported property crime in Lino Lakes peaked in 2021 and has fallen 41% since, back near its 2019 level. Too few violent crimes are reported here each year for a reliable violent crime trend. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 6.0 to 6.6 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime rose 15%.
Property crime, change since 2019
Lino LakesUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Lino Lakes. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Lino Lakes
Property, US
2016
+65%
+15%
2017
+52%
+12%
2018
+39%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+74%
-8%
2021
+85%
-10%
2022
+58%
-6%
2023
-5%
-7%
2024
+10%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Lino Lakes
CrimeGrade™ estimates Lino Lakes has about 11 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 70% less than the US as a whole and 63% 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 is the most common crime in Lino Lakes, about 53% of everything reported, and it also accounts for 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.
The Lino Lakes Police Department's 2024 report to the FBI was missing some months of vandalism; CrimeGrade™ filled them in from the department's own monthly pattern.
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 Lino Lakes
Lino Lakes has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Lino Lakes, 48% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (48%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Other places (37%)
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 Lino Lakes compares with nearby cities
Lino Lakes has less crime than 8 of its 10 nearest cities; only Hugo and Centerville have less.
Two things set Lino Lakes apart: it has 0.7% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 4.5 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, and burglary and vandalism run low here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.0.7% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 99% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.4.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 94% 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. 99% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.F (4 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 93% of US city residents
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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.55% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 85% 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 Lino Lakes: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.9 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 83% 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 Lino Lakes
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Lino Lakes about $300 a year per household, 75% 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 $4.8 million a year, or $221 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$230,000
$10
Rape
$120,000
$6
Robbery
$26,000
$1
Assault
$490,000
$22
Burglary
$190,000
$9
Theft
$660,000
$30
Vehicle theft
$43,000
$2
Arson
$5,800
under $1
Vandalism
$270,000
$13
Total
$2.0 million
$94
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 Lino Lakes 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. Lino Lakes is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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 Lino Lakes, MN average a SchoolGrade of A: 49% of students test proficient, against 51% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Lino Lakes on SchoolGrade
