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Cottage Grove Crime Rate Report (Minnesota)

Cottage Grove crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 27 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Cottage Grove for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Cottage Grove in 2025 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 80.47% and the city property crime rate in Cottage Grove was lower than the national property crime rate average by 59.8%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Cottage Grove was lower than the violent crime rate in Minnesota by 71.37% and the city property crime rate in Cottage Grove was lower than the property crime rate in Minnesota by 56.29%.

Property and Violent Crime
Cottage Grove Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Cottage Grove Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Cottage Grove Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault16
Arson1
Burglary21
Larceny and Theft237
Motor Vehicle Theft12
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape9
Robbery3
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)307
Property Crime270
Violent Crime28
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault18
Arson0
Burglary16
Larceny and Theft180
Motor Vehicle Theft13
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape10
Robbery3
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)246
Property Crime209
Violent Crime30

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Cottage Grove Property Crime

Cottage Grove Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Cottage Grove Crime 2025

Cottage Grove Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Cottage Grove Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Cottage Grove Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Cottage Grove, Minnesota crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the Cottage Grove crime report data for 2026 was projected from 27 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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