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Prairie du Sac, WI crime analytics

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   "Reflects 2023 calendar year; released from FBI in October 2024 (latest available). Updated annually." Where is 2024 data?

Methodology:   Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data

Prairie du Sac has an overall crime rate of 8 per 1,000 residents, making the crime rate here near the average for all cities and towns of all sizes in America. According to our analysis of FBI crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in Prairie du Sac is 1 in 121. How does Prairie du Sac fare compared to other communities in Wisconsin of all population sizes? Prairie du Sac's crime rate is lower than approximately 34% of Wisconsin communities.

How does the crime rate in Prairie du Sac compare to similar sized communities across America? When NeighborhoodScout compared Prairie du Sac with other communities its size, we found that the crime rate was near the average for all other communities of similar size. So, whether Prairie du Sac's crime rate is high or low compared to all places in the US, when we control for population size and compare it to places that are similar in size, it is near the middle of the pack in crime rate; not much more or less dangerous, and about what we would expect from the statistics.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Prairie du Sac does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Prairie du Sac.

NeighborhoodScout's research shows that Prairie du Sac's violent crime rate is 1 per one thousand inhabitants, which is about average for all communities in America, across all population sizes. Violent crimes that are tracked and included in this rate are armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape (not statutory), and murder and non-negligent manslaughter. Roughly similar to the national average, our analysis shows that your chance of becoming a victim of violent crime in Prairie du Sac is one in 874.

Moreover, the rate of property crime in Prairie du Sac; burglary, larceny ($50 or more), grand theft auto, and arson; is 7 per 1,000 residents. This is about average for all cities and towns in America of all population sizes.

Prairie du Sac Crime Data

total Crime Index

52

(100 is safest)


Safer than 52% of U.S. cities.

Prairie du Sac Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

5

31

36

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

1.14

7.09

8.24

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
1.14
2.89
National Median: 4
    Prairie du Sac
    Wisconsin

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 874

in Prairie du Sac

1 in 347

in Wisconsin

Prairie du Sac Violent Crimes

Population: 4,370
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total Unreported Unreported Unreported Unreported
Rate per 1,000 Unreported Unreported Unreported Unreported

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 334,914,895
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 19,252 127,216 222,795 884,550
Rate per 1,000 0.06 0.38 0.67 2.64

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
7.09
12.17
National Median: 19
    Prairie du Sac
    Wisconsin

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 141

in Prairie du Sac

1 in 82

in Wisconsin

Property Crimes

Population: 4,370
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total Unreported Unreported Unreported
Rate per 1,000 Unreported Unreported Unreported

United States Property Crimes

Population: 334,914,895
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 839,563 4,512,064 1,067,522
Rate per 1,000 2.51 13.47 3.19

Prairie du Sac Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
22
14
National Median: 26.5
    Prairie du Sac
    Wisconsin

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