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Forest Lake Crime Rate Report (Minnesota)

Forest Lake crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 22 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Forest Lake for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Forest Lake in 2025 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 83.78% and the city property crime rate in Forest Lake was lower than the national property crime rate average by 25.09%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Forest Lake was lower than the violent crime rate in Minnesota by 76.22% and the city property crime rate in Forest Lake was lower than the property crime rate in Minnesota by 18.54%.

Property and Violent Crime
Forest Lake Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Forest Lake Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Forest Lake Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault7
Arson1
Burglary23
Larceny and Theft200
Motor Vehicle Theft15
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape4
Robbery0
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)249
Property Crime238
Violent Crime11
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault8
Arson1
Burglary25
Larceny and Theft227
Motor Vehicle Theft21
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape5
Robbery0
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)284
Property Crime273
Violent Crime13

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Forest Lake Property Crime

Forest Lake Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Forest Lake Crime 2025

Forest Lake Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Forest Lake Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Forest Lake Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Forest Lake, 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 Forest Lake crime report data for 2026 was projected from 22 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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