Minnesota

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In 2022, 281 violent crime incidents per 100,000 residents were reported to police in Minnesota. This is 21 percent higher than the violent crime rate in 2012.

The crime rate in Minnesota in 2022 was 26 percent lower than the United States average.

In 2022, 57 percent of violent crimes reported to police in Minnesota were not solved. This is 5 percentage points higher than the unsolved rate in 2012.

  • Capital:  St. Paul
  • Population:  5,576,606
  • Area:  86,936 sq mi
  • Violent Crime Rank:  33rd
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Featured Minnesota Missing Cases

Gerald Foote

Missing: Oct 25, 1978
Although Foote's parents stated he was supposed to have left for Arizona on October 20, 1978, he was ...Read More

Por Her

Missing: Mar 12, 2002
Por Soua Her, a 22-year-old woman, went missing on March 12, 2002, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She wa ...Read More

Veronica Safranski

Missing: Oct 26, 1996
Veronica "Voni" Safranski, a 40-year-old woman from Argyle, Minnesota, disappeared on October 26, 19 ...Read More

Amy Pagnac

Missing: Aug 05, 1989
Amy Sue Pagnac, 13 years old at the time, disappeared on August 5, 1989, from a gas station in Osseo ...Read More

Theodore Dengerud

Missing: Apr 03, 1982
Theodore Leonard Dengerud, age 30, was last seen on April 3, 1982, in Sunburg, Minnesota. That night ...Read More

Sean Bullock

Missing: Nov 26, 2023
Sean Bullock, a 28-year-old male, was last seen on November 26, 2023, in Spring Lake, Minnesota. Lit ...Read More

Eric Peterson

Missing: Jan 19, 2010
Eric Michael Peterson, 24, was last seen on January 19, 2010, after leaving his home in Lakeville, M ...Read More

Daniel Karpeles

Missing: Mar 31, 1992
Daniel Lee Karpeles, aged 30, was last seen on March 31, 1992, in Maplewood, Minnesota. At the time ...Read More

Mark Christianson

Missing: Aug 12, 1995
Mark Allen Christianson, a 41-year-old man from Anoka County, Minnesota, vanished on August 12, 1995 ...Read More

April Geyer

Missing: Aug 14, 1998
April Geyer, 21, was last seen on August 14, 1998, after attending a party in St. Paul, Minnesota, w ...Read More
Featured Minnesota Murder Cases

Susan Lynn Spiller

Murdered: Jul 16, 2015
Susan Lynn Spiller, a 68-year-old artist and community activist, was found murdered in her Minneapol ...Read More

Walter Nathaniel Haynes

Murdered: Jan 07, 2017
Walter Nathaniel Haynes, aged 30, was fatally shot in downtown Minneapolis on January 7, 2017. The i ...Read More

William Lashay Irvin

Murdered: Jan 08, 2017
William Lashay Irvin, a 35-year-old man from North St. Paul, was tragically shot and killed in downt ...Read More

Hagos Tsegay Melake

Murdered: Aug 29, 2013
The murder of Hagos Tsegay Melake, a 26-year-old Eritrean immigrant, remains unsolved years after he ...Read More

Anthony Delbert Jr Stubbs

Murdered: Dec 02, 2016
Anthony Delbert Stubbs Jr., a 23-year-old father of two, was tragically shot and killed on December ...Read More

Ricardo Orozco-Negrete

Murdered: Dec 23, 2015
Ricardo Orozco-Negrete, 49, was found murdered in his South Minneapolis apartment on December 23, 20 ...Read More

Matthew Edward Heath Little

Murdered: Jul 13, 2014
Matthew Edward Heath Little, a 23-year-old from Red Lake, Minnesota, tragically died on July 13, 201 ...Read More

Victoria Ann Day

Murdered: Apr 16, 2016
Victoria Ann Day, a 23-year-old woman from Minneapolis, was fatally shot on April 16, 2016. Her body ...Read More

JoAnn Bontjes

Murdered: Oct 03, 1975
JoAnn's body was found in the ditch of a rural road in Martin County, MN on October 3, 1975. She die ...Read More

Derrick Gregory Martin

Murdered: May 24, 2010
Derrick Gregory Martin, a 20-year-old from Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, was shot and killed on May 24, ...Read More

Frank Sam Early

Murdered: Nov 19, 2011
Frank Sam Early, a 37-year-old man, was shot and killed in North Minneapolis on November 19, 2011. H ...Read More