CrimeMetric

Crime in Valley City, North Dakota

Major crime in Valley City is 39% below the U.S. rate per resident: 59% lower for persons crimes and 34% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 8.0% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
61
39% below the U.S. rate
29% below the North Dakota rate
down 8.0% in a year
Persons crimes
41
59% below the U.S. rate
44% below the North Dakota rate
down 4.4% in a year
Property crimes
66
34% below the U.S. rate
26% below the North Dakota rate
down 8.4% in a year
Social disorder
109
9% above the U.S. rate
22% below the North Dakota rate
down 5.4% 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 2.3 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Valley City 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 Valley City

The middle half of Valley City residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 34 and 65; the typical (median) resident's is 63.

Map of Valley City, 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.
  • 0–5034.8%
  • 50–10058.6%
  • 100–2006.7%
  • 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 at night

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

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm55
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am72
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm48
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am70
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 8.0% in a year; across North Dakota it fell 15.3%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-8.0%ND -15.3%-16.5%ND -10.7%
Persons crimes-4.4%ND -5.6%-2.8%ND +1.1%
Property crimes-8.4%ND -16.9%-18.4%ND -12.9%
Social disorder-5.4%ND -10.9%-8.4%ND -6.0%

Change in expected crimes, with North Dakota 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

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

1,119 of the 2,163 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Valley City; the middle of the group is 63. The 9 nearest in population:

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

Nearby places

Valley City has a higher major-crime index than 2 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Jamestown (33 mi), is 29% above Valley City's rate.

Dilworth, MN61 mi246
Fargo56 mi171
Moorhead, MN59 mi121
Grand Forks81 mi103
Jamestown33 mi79
Wahpeton80 mi74
Valley City61
West Fargo52 mi45
Oakes55 mi22

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

Questions about crime in Valley City

What are the most common crimes in Valley City?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 40 a year), burglary (about 7 a year) and aggravated assault (about 6 a year). Compared with the U.S., intimidation stands out most: 2.3 times 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. Valley City's figures add up its 8 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Valley City 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: 6,426. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Valley City, North Dakota." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/nd/valley-city

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100