Big Lake and Becker make Top 20 safest cities

BECKER (WJON News) - Both Becker and Big Lake have a spot in a new list of the safest cities in Minnesota.

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SafeWise, a national crime, and safety website, has released its 2022 State of Safety survey, and it finds Big Lake is the 13th safest city in the state, and Becker sits at #18.

In the 2021 survey, Big Lake was #6 and Becker was #38.

The Minnesota communities making the top 10:

1. Corcoran
2. Elko – New Market
3. West Hennepin
4. Cold Spring/Richmond
5. Rosemount
6. Minnetrista
7. Montevideo
8. St. Joseph
9. Dayton
10. South Lake Minnetonka

Other crime statistics:

• The violent crime rate rose from 2.4 per 1,000 people to 2.8.
• The per capita property crime rate rose from 20.9 to 21.2.
• 48% of Minnesotans report feeling safe in their communities compared to 55% of Americans.
• 54% of Minnesotans report using some form of property protection with security cameras being the most used form of protection.
• 25% of Minnesotans use some form of personal protection, much lower than the national average of 48%.
• 29% of Minnesotans report experiencing some sort of package theft in the last 12 months, almost 10% higher than the national average of 20%.

Find the complete survey here.