The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in North Mankato, MN
North Mankato is a city of 14,500 in Nicollet County, next to Mankato · Updated November 2026
Is North Mankato, MN safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and North Mankato has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A, safer than the neighborhoods where 60% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within North Mankato run from A+ to B+, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 880 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
60% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than North Mankato as a whole, and 40% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. North Mankato scores 880.
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 North Mankato, MN at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in North Mankato, 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
The safest and least safe parts of North Mankato
Every part of North Mankato where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across North Mankato run from A+ to B+; 78% 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 North Mankato, the northwest side has the least crime and the southeast side the most.
Is crime going up in North Mankato?
Reported property crime in North Mankato peaked in 2021 and has fallen 29% 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 9.5 to 8.7 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 25%.
Property crime, change since 2019
North MankatoUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves North Mankato. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, North Mankato
Property, US
2016
+21%
+15%
2017
+29%
+12%
2018
+16%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+6%
-8%
2021
+30%
-10%
2022
+4%
-6%
2023
+23%
-7%
2024
-8%
-15%
Crime rates and types in North Mankato
CrimeGrade™ estimates North Mankato has about 24 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 37% less than the US as a whole and 22% 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.
Assault is the most common crime in North Mankato, about 36% 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 North Mankato
North Mankato has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In North Mankato, 48% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 55% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (48%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Homes (55%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (49%)
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 North Mankato compares with nearby cities
North Mankato has more crime than 5 of its 6 nearest cities. Nicollet and Good Thunder have the least crime nearby.
Parking lots, transit and walkability in North Mankato
Two things set North Mankato apart: it has 3.6 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 3.4% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% 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.3.6 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 92% 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 North Mankato: 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. 84% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (16 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 55% of US city residents
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.4% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 82% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.7.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 81% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.59 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 75% 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 North Mankato
Crime costs North Mankato about $552 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 54% 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 $9.2 million a year, or $634 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$350,000
$24
Rape
$460,000
$31
Robbery
$43,000
$3
Assault
$1.1 million
$79
Burglary
$130,000
$9
Theft
$610,000
$42
Vehicle theft
$66,000
$5
Arson
$18,000
$1
Vandalism
$520,000
$36
Total
$3.3 million
$229
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 North Mankato 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 North Mankato, MN average a SchoolGrade of A: 45% of students test proficient, against 52% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in North Mankato on SchoolGrade
