Minot is the fourth-largest city in North Dakota, with 53,900 residents in Ward County · Updated November 2026
Is Minot, ND safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Minot: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A, safer than the neighborhoods where 68% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Minot run from A+ to B+, so check the map or the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 905 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
68% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Minot as a whole, and 32% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Minot scores 905.
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 Minot, ND at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Minot, 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 Minot
One part of Minot stands out for vehicle theft. Car thefts in Downtown Minot & Upper Brooklyn, in central Minot, run at about triple the rate in the rest of the city.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Minot
Every part of Minot where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Minot run from A+ to B+; 87% 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.
1Bel Air, northwestClose to the rest of Minot on most crimes.A914
2Oak Park, westClose to the rest of Minot on most crimes.A897
3Downtown Minot & Upper Brooklyn, centralBurglaries run at about double the rate in the rest of Minot.A-816
Neighborhood areas of Minot, ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is crime going up in Minot?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Minot is up 12% and property crime is down 34%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 2.9 to 3.2 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 21 to 14 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 18%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
MinotUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Minot. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Minot
Violent, US
Property, Minot
Property, US
2016
+2%
+4%
+35%
+15%
2017
+2%
+4%
+10%
+12%
2018
+1%
+0%
+3%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+17%
+4%
-20%
-8%
2021
-4%
+6%
-31%
-10%
2022
+10%
+5%
-50%
-6%
2023
+38%
+2%
-30%
-7%
2024
+12%
-4%
-34%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Minot
CrimeGrade™ estimates Minot has about 25 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 33% less than the US as a whole and 35% less than 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.
Assault is the most common crime in Minot, about 38% 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.
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 Minot
Minot has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Minot, 62% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 50% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (62%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Car theft
Homes (44%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (50%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (48%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (71%)
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.
Parking lots, empty homes and walkability in Minot
Two things set Minot apart: it has 6.3 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 10.2% 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.6.3 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.10.2% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 86% 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. 78% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (18 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 54% 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 Minot: 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.13.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 81% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.8% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 66% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Minot on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
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 Minot
Crime costs Minot about $641 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 47% 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 $42 million a year, or $785 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.0 million
$19
Rape
$1.4 million
$26
Robbery
$590,000
$11
Assault
$6.0 million
$112
Burglary
$1.0 million
$19
Theft
$2.3 million
$43
Vehicle theft
$1.7 million
$31
Arson
$300,000
$6
Vandalism
$730,000
$14
Total
$15 million
$279
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 Minot 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 Minot, ND average a SchoolGrade of D+: 40% of students test proficient, against 41% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Minot on SchoolGrade
