Number of crimes committed in Minnesota in 2014 137,182
Percent decrease from 2013 4.4
Percent of crimes that were property, violent 91, 9
Combined number of murders, forcible rapes, robberies, aggravated assaults and human trafficking offenses in 2014 12,352
Percent decrease in violent crimes 1.2
Commercial sex acts reported in 2014, first year of statewide reporting for this crime 35
Combined number of burglaries, larcenies, motor vehicle thefts and arsons reported in 2014 124,868
Percent decrease from 2013 4.8
Adult state inmate population as of Jan. 1, 2016, excluding short-term offenders 10,105
Percent that are male 92.8
Total state inmates on Jan. 1, 2008 9,270
On Jan. 1, 2003 7,073
Percent of Jan. 1, 2016 inmates who are white, black, American Indian 52.3, 35.6, 9.3
Percentages on Jan. 1, 2008 56.6, 33.1, 8.0
Percentages on Jan. 1, 2002 54.5, 36.5, 6.4
Number of lifers — prisoners sentenced to serve a 30-year term with the possibility of parole after that time and those sentenced without parole possibility— on Jan. 1, 2016 629
Number that aren’t Minnesotans 38
Number of lifers in state facilities in 2008, including non-Minnesotans 593
Number in 2003, including non-Minnesotans 393
Average age of a Minnesota prisoner at the start of 2016, 2008, 2003 36.9, 35.6, 33.9
Percent of inmates incarcerated, as of Jan. 1, 2016, for criminal sexual misconduct 16.9
Percentages at the start of 2008, 2003 17.9, 17.4
Percent of inmates incarcerated, as of Jan. 1, 2016, whose governing offense is drugs 18.9
Percentages at the start of 2008, 2003 20.4, 21.0
Department of Corrections operational budget for Fiscal Year 2016, in millions $527.01
Millions in Fiscal Year 2008 $459.9
Percent, as estimate, of state inmates diagnosed as chemically abusive or dependent 85
Estimated number of offenders assessed as needing substance abuse treatment each year 8,500
Offenders who entered a Corrections Department long-term treatment program in 2015, 2014 1,401, 1,200
Percent that successfully completed treatment in 2015, 2014 74.6, 76.7
Number of long-term treatment beds in the state prison system 991
Cost, in millions, to the department per 100 primary treatment beds $1.3
Estimated number of offenders enrolled in an education program on a given day 2,400
Career technical certificates awarded in 2015 613
Applications for pardons extraordinary received by the Board of Pardons in 2015 39
Pardons granted 18
Minutes it took William Williams to die in 1906 after his neck was stretched and his feet touched the floor, before deputies pulled the rope upward causing his death by strangulation 14
State executions since 0
Sources: 2014 Uniform Crime Report, Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (July 2015); Department of Corrections, including Sex Offender Treatment in Prison (April 2015), Education Fact Sheet (January 2016), Chemical Dependency Treatment Services in Prison Fact Sheet (January 2016); and adult inmate profiles on Jan. 1, 2016, Jan. 1, 2008, Jan. 1, 2003, and Jan. 1, 2002; Board of Pardons Annual Report to the Legislature 2015 Activity