Fargo’s downtown often gets tagged as a crime hub, but fresh data challenges that narrative. According to a recent analysis, downtown isn’t the city’s epicenter of crime. Instead, it ranks as one of the safer areas, placing low in overall crime counts. Critics have pointed to issues like aggressive panhandling, but numbers tell a different story. With crime reports compiled by police beat, Beat 2—which includes downtown—ranks fourth in calls for service, suggesting safety concerns may be somewhat exaggerated.
Why does this matter in Minot? North Dakota is a small state when it comes to how quickly stories spread, and this one — that Fargo’s downtown isn’t safe has reached far across the state. It’s a lesson in separating truth from gossip. Get the full story on Fargo from Inforum.com.
