FBI arson data · 2024
Minnesota Arson
588 arson offenses were reported by 505 Minnesota law-enforcement agencies in 2024 — 1.7% of the national total. The most was reported by St. Paul Police Department (166).
Minnesota agencies with the most reported arson
| Agency | Type | County | Arsons |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Paul Police Department | City | Ramsey County | 166 |
| Minneapolis Police Department | City | Hennepin County | 112 |
| Duluth Police Department | City | St. Louis County | 22 |
| St. Cloud Police Department | City | Stearns County | 15 |
| Metropolitan Transit Commission | Unknown | — | 14 |
| Bloomington Police Department | City | Hennepin County | 13 |
| Ramsey County Sheriff's Office | County | Ramsey County | 10 |
| Brooklyn Park Police Department | City | Hennepin County | 9 |
| Roseville Police Department | City | Ramsey County | 8 |
| Coon Rapids Police Department | City | Anoka County | 7 |
| Moorhead Police Department | City | Clay County | 7 |
| Maplewood Police Department | City | Ramsey County | 7 |
| Carver County Sheriff's Office | County | Carver County | 6 |
| Hopkins Police Department | City | Hennepin County | 6 |
| Anoka Police Department | City | Anoka County | 5 |
| West St. Paul Police Department | City | Dakota County | 5 |
| Rochester Police Department | City | Olmsted County | 5 |
| Owatonna Police Department | City | Steele County | 5 |
| Blaine Police Department | City | Anoka County | 4 |
| Mankato Police Department | City | Blue Earth County | 4 |
| Chisago County Sheriff's Office | County | Chisago County | 4 |
| South St. Paul Police Department | City | Dakota County | 4 |
| Maple Grove Police Department | City | Hennepin County | 4 |
| Anoka County Sheriff's Office | County | Anoka County | 3 |
| Beltrami County Sheriff's Office | County | Beltrami County | 3 |
Minnesota arson by county
By the reporting agency's headquarters county — multi-jurisdiction agencies land in one county. Counties with no reported arson are not listed.
About this data
- Counts are arson offenses (fires), not arrests. Each figure is a fire that a law-enforcement agency determined or suspected was intentionally set. Arson arrests are a different, much smaller number — most arsons are never cleared — and are tracked separately in our Arrests dataset.
- The figures are de-duplicated across the FBI's two overlapping reporting streams — the legacy SRS summary system and NIBRS incident data. Most agencies appear in both, so naively summing the two streams, as some published totals do, roughly doubles the count. Each agency here is counted once, from its best available stream.
- Reported agencies only. The total covers agencies in the FBI's 2024 master files — about 96% of the FBI's own de-duplicated figure of 36,558, which comes from its live database and includes some later-arriving reports. Nothing here is estimated, so totals slightly undercount and are not strictly comparable across areas with different reporting coverage.
- Location is the reporting agency's headquarters county, not where the fire happened. Multi-jurisdiction agencies concentrate in one county — every NYPD-reported arson lands in New York County, for example — and county figures cover geolocated agencies only, so they sum to slightly less than the national total.
- Zero and missing mean different things. A zero means agencies in that county reported to the FBI and logged no arson; a county with no figure at all had no reporting agency headquartered there.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, 2024 SRS and NIBRS files, de-duplicated by agency. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI. How our data works.
Minnesota arson — FAQ
How many arsons were reported in Minnesota in 2024?+
588 arson offenses were reported to the FBI by 505 Minnesota law-enforcement agencies in 2024; 117 of those agencies logged at least one arson. Actual arsons are somewhat higher, since not every agency reports.
Which agency reported the most arson in Minnesota?+
St. Paul Police Department, with 166 reported arson offenses in 2024 (headquartered in Ramsey County).
What share of U.S. arson happens in Minnesota?+
Minnesota's 588 reported arsons were 1.7% of the 34,990 reported nationwide in 2024. Reporting coverage varies by state, so shares are approximate.
Where does this data come from?+
The FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program's 2024 SRS and NIBRS files, de-duplicated by agency. Counts are arson offenses (fires), not arrests, from reporting agencies only. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI.