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The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) has released the 2023 Uniform Crime Report, a summary of crime data submitted by local law enforcement agencies.

Most notable was a 6.9% decrease of violent crime in 2023, and a 8.2% decline in the Twin Cities metro area.

In greater Minnesota there was a 3.4% decrease.

Other notable data from the 2023 Minnesota Uniform Crime Report:

• There were 181 murders in 2023 in Minnesota compared with 182 in 2022. Firearms were involved in 69.6 percent of the incidents, down from 73.1 percent in 2022.

• There were 9,986 aggravated assaults in 2023, which is 3.4 percent lower than 2022.

• There were 2,053 rapes in 2023, a decrease of 11.85 percent. Most of the rapes occurred in a home (72.6 percent) and 40.5 percent of the victims were minors.

Motor vehicle theft decreased 6.8 percent in 2023 with 15,612 vehicles stolen as compared to 16,743 in 2022. Carjacking incidents decreased 37.8 percent with 372 incidents in 2023, compared with 598 in 2022. Carjacking incidents are not counted as motor vehicle thefts.

There were 72,701 incidents of larceny in 2023 – the lowest number in 55 years.

Bias crimes rose in 2023 with 180 incidents reported.

Law enforcement use-of-force incidents involving discharge of a firearm dropped in 2023 to 16, two fewer than in 2022.

Peace officers were assaulted in 961 incidents in 2023, a 0.9 percent increase from 2022.