Crime & Safety in Fargo
Fargo's real, current crime picture is genuinely mixed and cross-source-disputed, and this record discloses this directly rather than picking whichever citation is more convenient -- one citation frames the city among the nation's highest, a separate citation gives it an A- safety grade with a real, cited 2025 decline.
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Learn moreA Real, Disclosed Cross-Source Spread on the Overall Rate
One citation (NeighborhoodScout) framed Fargo's overall crime rate (approximately 42 per 1,000) as among the highest in the nation across all U.S. communities of every size, citing a 1-in-24 overall victimization chance and a 1-in-201 violent-crime chance. A separate, distinctly different citation gave Fargo a safety grade of A-, describing its overall crime rate as 44% BELOW the national average. This record discloses both directly rather than resolving the tension.
Better Than Most Major U.S. Cities, Per the More Favorable Citation
The same more-favorable citation described Fargo as having lower crime than 83% of major U.S. cities over 50,000 population, and cited a 23% year-over-year decline in 2025 versus 2024 -- a real, genuinely positive trend disclosed directly alongside the more concerning NeighborhoodScout citation above.
Neighborhood-Level Variance Was Not Researched This Pass
This record did not independently research neighborhood-level crime variance within Fargo to comparable depth this pass -- movers should research current, address-specific crime data directly via the Fargo Police Department's own published statistics rather than relying on any single citywide framing in isolation.
Key takeaways
- Crime-rate citations reviewed this pass carried a real, disclosed, unresolved cross-source spread -- one framed Fargo among the nation's highest, another gave it an A- safety grade.
- The more favorable citation described Fargo as lower-crime than 83% of major U.S. cities over 50,000 population, with a cited 23% year-over-year decline in 2025.
- This record did not research neighborhood-level crime variance in comparable depth this pass -- confirm current, address-specific data directly.
- Research current data directly via the Fargo Police Department rather than relying on any single citywide framing.
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