Crime in Big Lake Township, Minnesota
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Big Lake Township at 87% below the U.S. rate per resident: 85% lower for persons crimes and 87% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 8.6% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Big Lake Township and from local police incident records. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 2.3 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (0.5 violent, 1.8 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Big Lake Township is lower than 99% of the 184 other Minnesota places and 99% of the 8,446 other places nationwide on CrimeMetric.
Where these numbers come from
The estimates start from what police agencies report to the FBI, modeled across Big Lake Township's 6 census block groups for 10,319 residents. How Minnesota residents' crime totals reach the FBI: detailed incident reports for 99.3%, summary counts only for 0.4% and estimates from past reports or similar agencies for 0.3% (shares of 2020 residents). Sources · Method
- Year: many show an agency's last full FBI year (often two years back). These figures are the model's estimate for the current year, release 2026-11-10.
- Crimes counted: some add simple assault, vandalism or drug offenses to "violent" or "property" crime; here major crime is persons plus property crime, and social disorder is separate.
- Area: an agency's totals cover its jurisdiction, which can differ from the city's limits; these are summed over the block groups inside Big Lake Township.
- Scale: a grade or a 1-to-100 score ranks places against each other; a rate per 1,000 residents and an index against the U.S. rate don't.
Rates are the model's estimates of reported crime per 1,000 residents a year. Index: 100 is the U.S. rate per resident; 200 is twice it. How we calculated this
How crime varies across Big Lake Township
The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 12.
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Every crime type in Big Lake Township is near or below the U.S. rate
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Social disorder
Highest on weekday daytimes
100 is the U.S. rate, same hours.
Expected major crime fell 8.6% in a year; across Minnesota it fell 1.8%
Change in the model's expected crimes, not a count of reports; Minnesota in gray. 2031 is a model projection, not tested against past years.
Big Lake Township against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents
2,475 of the 2,480 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Big Lake Township's, and 5 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 67. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Big Lake Township has a lower major-crime index than all of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Big Lake (2 mi), is 2.1 times Big Lake Township's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Big Lake Township
Is Big Lake Township safe?
Big Lake Township's major-crime index is 13, 87% below the U.S. rate per resident and lower than 99% of the 184 other Minnesota places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 85% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 87% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Big Lake Township?
The model expects about 24 major crimes a year in Big Lake Township, about 2.3 per 1,000 residents, 87% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Big Lake Township?
Expected major crimes in Big Lake Township are down 8.6% from a year earlier; across Minnesota they're down 1.8%.
What are the most common crimes in Big Lake Township?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are other larceny (about 9 a year), burglary (about 4 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 3 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Big Lake Township?
The model expects about 3 thefts from vehicles a year in Big Lake Township, 88% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Big Lake Township?
The model expects about 2 motor vehicle thefts a year in Big Lake Township, 89% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Big Lake Township safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 10 on Friday and Saturday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 18 at its highest in the daytime; 100 is the U.S. rate for the same hours. That's a citywide estimate per resident for those hours: it can't speak to a particular street, venue or evening. For one address, use the address lookup on this page.
Is crime in Big Lake Township higher than the Minnesota average?
Big Lake Township's major-crime index is 13, 86% below the Minnesota rate per resident. Minnesota as a whole is 96, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Big Lake Township compare with Big Lake?
Big Lake, 2 miles away, has a major-crime index of 27, 2.1 times Big Lake Township's rate per resident. Big Lake Township's is 13.
How we calculated this
Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI or estimated where it didn't report, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Big Lake Township's figures add up its 6 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Big Lake Township's published incident records inform the estimate for every neighborhood.
- 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: 10,319. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Big Lake Township, Minnesota." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/mn/big-lake-township
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