FARGO, N.D. – Crime in Fargo went down 10% in 2025 from the previous year for group A offenses according to department information.
That includes rape, aggravated assault, burglary, vehicle thefts, murder and robberies.
Those offenses went down 6.8% in 2024 from 2023.
Police Chief David Zibolski attributed that to several factors.
“Our Real Time Crime Center, which has been a real gamechanger in terms of our ability to solve crime either faster, or solve crimes we haven’t even solved previously because of that intelligence information,” Zibolski explained.
Ziboski said the decrease in violent crime could also be because the department implemented a traffic safety team and the community’s help during investigations.
Fargo has seen the fewest amount of shootings, five, since the department separated statistics for shootings under Chief Zibolski in 2021. The department categorizes a shooting where someone was hit by a bullet and shots fired as when a gun is fired. Shots fired includes when people shoot a gun at someone and misses. If someone is shot and killed, the department considers that a murder and not a shooting. The department saw 18 cases of shots fired in 2025.
“I think that’s due a lot to our community and our attention to these details and particular crimes,” Zibolski explained.
Meanwhile, shoplifting crimes went up by 29% in 2025 with 302 more than 2024. Theft of vehicle parts went up 33% with 12 more than 2024.
Calls for service also increased by 5% in 2025.
Zibolski said Fargo saw the most overdoses in the last five years with 169. Twenty-nine people died from overdoses in the city last year.
The chief also said his department saw a record 4,353 mental health-related calls leading to officers spending 3,668 hours on them.
“We really need some type of valid mental health facility for people with chronic issues because we have folks in our city, in our area, who have chronic enough issues that they are unable to properly address them on their own,” Zibolski said.
Click here to see Fargo Police’s 2025 crime statistics.
