ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) has released the 2024 Uniform Crime Report, a summary of crime data submitted by local law enforcement agencies. 

Notable data from the 2024 Minnesota Uniform Crime Report: 

• Violent crime levels remained steady in 2024. In the seven-county Twin Cities Metro Area (Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and Washington counties), violent crime increased by 1 percent. Violent crime in greater Minnesota decreased by 3 percent.
• There were 170 murders in 2024 in Minnesota compared with 181 in 2023. Firearms were involved in 74.7 percent of the incidents, up from 69.6 percent in 2023.
• There were 9,826 aggravated assaults in 2024, which is 1.6 percent lower than 2023.
• There were 2,159 rapes in 2024, an increase of 5.2 percent. Most of the rapes occurred in a home (73.2 percent) and 39.6 percent of the victims were minors.
• Motor vehicle theft decreased 19.3 percent in 2024 with 12,596 vehicles stolen as compared to 15,612 in 2023.
• Carjacking incidents (including attempted carjackings) increased 5.5 percent with 426 incidents in 2024, compared with 401* in 2023. Carjacking incidents are not counted as motor vehicle thefts.
• There were 70,898 incidents of larceny in 2024 – the lowest number in 56 years.
• Bias crimes rose in 2024 with 225 incidents reported.
• Law enforcement use-of-force incidents involving discharge of a firearm rose in 2024 to 27, 10 more than in 2023.
• Peace officers were assaulted in 976 incidents in 2024, a 1.5 percent increase from 2023. 

Violent crimes

	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
Murder	170	181	182	201	185
Rape	2,159	2,053	2,329	2,472	2,222
Robbery	2,836	2,791	3,266	3,991	3,885
Aggravated assault	9,826	9,986	10,342	10,967	8,203

Property crimes 

	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
Burglary	10,576	10,416	12,144	14,429	16,789
Larceny	70,898	72,701	84,830	88,644	89,130
Motor vehicle theft	12,454	15,612	16,743	14,829	13,662
Arson	588	626	628	716	710

Additional crime data reported to the BCA

	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
Homicide cleared by arrest or exceptional means °	76%	81%	80%	62%	65%
Drug abuse violation cleared by arrest	81%	81%	81%	80%	82%
Bias motivated incidents	225	180	168	238	223

In addition to data measuring criminal activity statewide, the report contains other information required in Minnesota statutes, including the number of law enforcement officers killed or assaulted, firearm discharges by police officers and police pursuits. 

Use-of-force incidents

Minnesota agencies reported 32 use-of-force incidents in 2024, 11 more than in 2023.

• 12 people died.
• 15 incidents resulted in serious injury requiring medical attention.
• 5 non-injury incidents.

Agencies reported the following race information about people on whom force was used:

• White (18)
• Black (13)
• Asian (1)

Stolen vehicle mobile tracking device warrants

The Minnesota Legislature added a new reporting requirement beginning in the 2024 Uniform Crime Report for agencies to report search warrants obtained to maintain a mobile tracking device on a stolen vehicle for more than 24 hours. This requirement includes a reporting date range that does not align with all other reporting requirements contained in the Uniform Crime Report. For Aug. 1, 2023, through Aug. 1, 2024, there were no warrants reported.

The complete 2024 Uniform Crime Report can be accessed on the BCA website. The Minnesota Crime Data Explorer and additional years’ reports can be found on the same page.

 

* The BCA has updated the methodology used for counting attempted carjackings so that, unlike other attempted robberies, robberies where a vehicle was the object of the robbery are counted in carjacking data. Per crime reporting rules, all attempted carjackings must be counted as attempted robberies which reference specific carjacking-related statutes.

° An incident is cleared by exceptional means if some element beyond law enforcement control prevents filing of formal charges against the offender, such as if the offender has died.

 

 

About the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension

The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) provides investigative and specialized law enforcement services to prevent and solve crimes in partnership with law enforcement, public safety and criminal justice agencies. Services include criminal justice training, forensic laboratory analysis, criminal histories and investigations.

About the Minnesota Department of Public Safety

The Minnesota Department of Public Safety’s 2,100 employees operate programs in the areas of law enforcement, crime victim assistance, traffic safety, alcohol and gambling, emergency communications, fire safety, pipeline safety, driver licensing, vehicle registration and emergency management. DPS activity is anchored by three core principles: education, enforcement and prevention.

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