CrimeMetric

Crime in Aitkin, Minnesota

Major crime in Aitkin is 31% below the U.S. rate per resident: 59% lower for persons crimes and 24% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 8.3% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
70
31% below the U.S. rate
28% below the Minnesota rate
down 8.3% in a year
Persons crimes
41
59% below the U.S. rate
45% below the Minnesota rate
down 5.2% in a year
Property crimes
76
24% below the U.S. rate
25% below the Minnesota rate
down 8.6% in a year
Social disorder
88
12% below the U.S. rate
27% above the Minnesota rate
down 6.3% in a year

Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.

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Crime by type

Vandalism stands out most, at 18% above the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Aitkin for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

Neighborhoods in Aitkin

Aitkin is made up of 3 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 72; the middle half of residents live where it is between 65 and 72.

Map of Aitkin, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the key's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–500.0%
  • 50–100100.0%
  • 100–2000.0%
  • 200–4000.0%
  • 400+0.0%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Highest on weekday daytimes

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm99
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am43
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm66
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am45
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 8.3% in a year; across Minnesota it fell 1.8%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-8.3%MN -1.8%-15.1%MN -13.1%
Persons crimes-5.2%MN -1.1%+0.3%MN -2.7%
Property crimes-8.6%MN -1.9%-16.9%MN -14.8%
Social disorder-6.3%MN -0.6%-7.8%MN -7.4%

Change in expected crimes, with Minnesota as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.

Similar-size places

Aitkin against U.S. places with 2,000 to 5,000 residents

696 of the 1,761 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Aitkin; the middle of the group is 58. The 9 nearest in population:

Eufaula, OK3,355123
Hiawatha, KS3,342122
Aitkin, MN3,34670
Lawson, MO3,35329
Driggs, ID3,35723

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Aitkin has a higher major-crime index than 4 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Brainerd (25 mi), is 43% above Aitkin's rate.

Baxter29 mi101
Brainerd25 mi100
Pine City60 mi70
Aitkin70
Staples53 mi65
Princeton66 mi64
Mora49 mi44
Cloquet61 mi40

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Aitkin

What are the most common crimes in Aitkin?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 18 a year), burglary (about 6 a year) and shoplifting (about 5 a year). Compared with the U.S., vandalism stands out most: 18% above the U.S. rate per resident.

How we calculated this

Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Aitkin's figures add up its 3 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Aitkin has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 0.0% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
  • Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
  • Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
  • Residents: 3,346. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Aitkin, Minnesota." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/mn/aitkin

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100