MN BCA Releases 2021 Uniform Crime Report

Violent crime jumped 22% in Minnesota last year according to the recently released Uniform Crime report.
The findings show the state set a new record for murders with 201. That beats the previous all-time high set in 2020 when there were 185 homicides.
The state recorded more rapes…robberies…and assaults. Burglary and officer-involved shooting incidents were down.
Peace officers were assaulted 900 times in 2021 – a 35 percent increase over 2020.

Notable data from the 2021 Minnesota Uniform Crime Report:
Violent crime in the seven-county metro area (Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and Washington counties) rose by 23.9 percent.
Firearms made up 73 percent of the weapons used in 2021 murders, down from 75 percent in 2020.
There were 10,967 aggravated assaults in 2021, which is 33.7 percent higher than 2020.
Almost half of the victims of rape were minors (46 percent) and 71 percent of rapes occurred in a home.
Motor vehicle theft rose 8.5 percent in 2021 with 14,829 vehicles stolen as compared to 13,662 in 2020. The 2021 total is the highest since 2001. In addition, there were 779 carjacking incidents in 2021, the first year this data was collected. Carjacking incidents are not counted as motor vehicle thefts.
Bias crimes rose in 2021 with 238 incidents reported. Of these, 40.3 percent were motivated by anti-Black or African American bias, 10.5 percent were anti-gay, 8.8 percent anti-white, and 8.4 percent were anti-Jewish.