Here Are The 15 Safest And Most Peaceful Places To Live In Minnesota
With most media coverage focused on the big cities, we wanted to learn more about the smaller towns and cities in Minnesota, and take some time to acknowledge the places in MN that are consistently getting it right when it comes to public safety. Whether you’re considering a move or want another reason to be proud of your hometown, it never hurts to know the safest places in any state. We checked out this past year’s information on the Safest Towns in Minnesota on Niche.com and reviewed the FBI Uniform Crime Reports as well. So without further ado, here are MN’s safest places to live.
Plymouth reported low rates of robbery and assault, and according to FBI crime stats, comes in 15th for safest cities in Minnesota. According to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, the hard-working firefighters of Plymouth extinguished 166 fires in 2014.
This photo was taken at Plymouth Fire Station II when they were listed recently by Canine Companions for Independence.
With low property theft rates, Isanti scores the 14th spot. With all the recreation opportunities, it's also a wonder that, according to the Minnesota Department of Health's Injury Data, the entire county reported low levels of injuries (fewer than 700 for the entire county in the 1st quarter of 2015).
New Ulm has a low assault rate, and is one of the most fun towns in Minnesota, bringing in huge crowds to celebrate various holidays in traditional German fashion.
Crookston reports low violent and property crimes. Their fire department also worked to extinguish 31 fires in 2014.
This photo was taken at their annual water wars event - which you should absolutely attend next summer!
The Defeat of Jesse James Days commemorate a major event in Northfield history, protecting the town from an attempted robbery from the notorious gang, and since then Northfield has been keeping true to their crime-stopping roots and reports some of the lowest violent crime rates in the state.
Thief River Falls has very low violent crime rates, and in 2014 their firefighters put out 40 fires, keeping loss to a mere $255,000 (yes, it's a big number but proportional to the number of fires it's quite impressive).
With all these future firefighters and policemen, it's no wonder Wyoming has low property and violent crime rates. They had 31 fires in 2014 with the very low loss of $92,450.
Belle Plaine has low rates of violent crime (less than .4 percent of the population were victims of violent crime in 2013).
The police department also provides some amazing public safety tips and resources through their Facebook Page, so be sure to check it out.
Scoring 4th safest in the entire nation, Hibbing had amazing low rates of violent and property crime with only 4 cases of violent crime, and 6 cases of property crime. Their fire department is also extremely hardworking, putting out 66 fires in 2014.
This photo was taken during their fire department's recent Ice Rescue training.
Runner ups included Little Falls, Lake City, Hutchinson, New Prague, Albert Lea, Marshall, Fairmont, Eagan, Buffalo, and Big Lake. To see where your town scored, see the entire list here, and see your town’s count of individual crime types here.
With towns scoring 4th (Hibbing) and 17th (Kasson) overall in the entire nation, Minnesota definitely is a wonderful place to make your home. We should all be proud to live in a state where every small town works tirelessly to promote this great level of safety.
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Minnesota staff writer for Only in Your State and owner of Minnesota blog NorthGuide.co, I'm a Minneapolis transplant who loves my cats, camera, and local coffee. On the weekends I'm usually exploring the North Shore or making my way through the list of Minnesota's State Parks. Want to talk about MN or ask me a question? Tweet me @sotafiedjo!
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