CrimeMetric

Crime in Litchfield, Minnesota

Major crime in Litchfield is 40% below the U.S. rate per resident: 52% lower for persons crimes and 38% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.5% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
60
40% below the U.S. rate
38% below the Minnesota rate
down 7.5% in a year
Persons crimes
48
52% below the U.S. rate
34% below the Minnesota rate
down 3.9% in a year
Property crimes
62
38% below the U.S. rate
38% below the Minnesota rate
down 8.1% in a year
Social disorder
54
46% below the U.S. rate
22% below the Minnesota rate
down 5.9% 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

Intimidation stands out most, at 19% above the U.S. rate

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

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

How crime varies across Litchfield

The middle half of Litchfield residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 32 and 42; the typical (median) resident's is 42. The citywide figure (60) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of Litchfield, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the bar's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5077.2%
  • 50–1000.0%
  • 100–20022.8%
  • 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 6pm78
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am41
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm67
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am43
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 7.5% in a year; across Minnesota it fell 1.8%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-7.5%MN -1.8%-15.7%MN -13.1%
Persons crimes-3.9%MN -1.1%-2.3%MN -2.7%
Property crimes-8.1%MN -1.9%-18.0%MN -14.8%
Social disorder-5.9%MN -0.6%-9.3%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

Litchfield against U.S. places with 5,000 to 10,000 residents

1,146 of the 2,163 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Litchfield; the middle of the group is 63. The 9 nearest in population:

Warren, AR6,52567
Elkins, WV6,51961
Litchfield, MN6,51560
Milton, PA6,50947
Wayne, NE6,52432

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

Nearby places

Litchfield 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, Hutchinson (18 mi), is 22% above Litchfield's rate.

Waite Park32 mi292
St. Cloud34 mi126
Willmar26 mi83
Hutchinson18 mi73
Litchfield60
Sartell37 mi55
Glencoe31 mi50
St. Joseph32 mi35
Watertown35 mi25

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

Questions about crime in Litchfield

What are the most common crimes in Litchfield?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 25 a year), shoplifting (about 19 a year) and aggravated assault (about 8 a year). Compared with the U.S., intimidation stands out most: 19% 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. Litchfield's figures add up its 6 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Litchfield 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: 6,515. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100