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About Local Crime Data
Most readily available published data about Crime at the local level are available from state and federal-level Government agencies. This page describes statistical information from the following:
- Northfield Police Department
- Minnesota Department of Public Safety
- FBI
- Criminal Justice Statistics Center
- Minnesota Department of Corrections
- Bureau of Justice Statistics
- Data-Planet
Northfield Police Department
Northfield Police Department does not publish statistics on their web site, but they do report crime statistics through the FBI Uniform Crime Reports system (see below).
Minnesota Department of Public Safety
- Minnesota Uniform Crime ReportsComprehensive reports for state and county levels between 1997-2008. Download pdf files to find county information regarding offenses, clearances, arrests, missing child reports, police pursuits, officers’ killed or assaulted, and other useful statistics.
Minnesota Department of Corrections
- Minnesota Department of CorrectionsA useful website for statewide corrections data regarding chemical dependency, prison programs, female offender publications, and others. For Rice County specific data, download the Probation Surveys (pdf) under the Community Corrections/Field Services Publications for 2000-2008
FBI Uniform Crime Reports
Through the Uniform Crime Reports system, the FBI collects, compiles, and distributes data from the 17,000 law enforcement agencies in the country. Each year, this information is published in a statistical compendium entitled "Crime in the United States." The links below are to the most recent edition, 2007. To see previous annual editions back to 1995, follow the links from the main Uniform Crime Reports page.
- Table 8 "Offenses Known to Law Enforcement by State and City"Annual counts from each of the four categories of violent crimes and four categories of property crimes, for cities in Minnesota.
- Table 10 "Offenses Known to Law Enforcement, by State by Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties"Annual counts from each of the four categories of violent crimes and four categories of property crimes, for counties in Minnesota.
- Table 78 "Full-time Law Enforcement Employees by State by City, 2007"Counts of law enforcement employees, broken out by officers and civilians, for cities in Minnesota.
- Table 80 "Full-time Law Enforcement Employees, by State by Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties"Counts of law enforcement employees, broken out by officers and civilians, for counties in Minnesota.
- Hate Crime StatisticsThough part of the Uniform Crime Reports system, hate crimes are published separately. Table 13, "Hate Crime Incidents per Bias Motivation and Quarter by State and Agency" is the only one at a small enough geography in this publication to include Northfield.
Bureau of Justice Statistics
- Employment and Expenditure Database1982-2005 for Dakota County.
- Prosecutor's Office Profile 2007Data gathered about prosecutor's offices include the annual office budget, tenure and salaries of prosecutors, and full-time office staffing, including attorneys, investigators, victim advocates, and support personnel. Also collected are data on threats against staff and data on staff who carry firearms, and detailed information on the number of felony cases closed, felony jury trial verdicts, and the use of DNA evidence. Data are from the National Census of State Court Prosecutors.
