Crime rates for Grand Forks, ND

The crime rate in Grand Forks is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 44 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate. The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Grand Forks is 1 in 23. Based on FBI crime data, Grand Forks is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to North Dakota, Grand Forks has a crime rate that is higher than 90% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.

Importantly, when you compare Grand Forks to other cities of similar population, the Grand Forks crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Grand Forks does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

The crime data that NeighborhoodScout used for this analysis are the seven offenses from the uniform crime reports, collected by the FBI from 17,000 local law enforcement agencies, and include both violent and property crimes, combined.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Grand Forks does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Grand Forks.

NeighborhoodScout's research shows that Grand Forks's violent crime rate is 1 per one thousand inhabitants, which is about average for all communities in America, across all population sizes. Violent crimes that are tracked and included in this rate are armed robbery, aggravated assault, forcible (not statutory) rape, and murder and non-negligent manslaughter. Roughly similar to the national average, our analysis shows that your chance of becoming a victim of violent crime in Grand Forks is one in 782.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Grand Forks's rate for property crime is 43 per one thousand population. This makes Grand Forks a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in Grand Forks is one in 23.