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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 2022 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2023 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2023 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 12 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 85. 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 23% of Wisconsin communities.

However, when you compare Prairie du Sac to other communities of similar population, then Prairie du Sac crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Prairie du Sac does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

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 1100.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Prairie du Sac's rate for property crime is 11 per one thousand population. This makes Prairie du Sac a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in Prairie du Sac is one in 92.

Prairie du Sac Crime Data

total Crime Index

42

(100 is safest)


Safer than 42% of U.S. cities.

Prairie du Sac Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

4

48

52

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

0.91

10.91

11.82

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
0.91
2.97
National Median: 4
    Prairie du Sac
    Wisconsin

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 1,100

in Prairie du Sac

1 in 337

in Wisconsin

Prairie du Sac Violent Crimes

Population: 4,399
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 0 1 0 3
Rate per 1,000 0.00 0.23 0.00 0.68

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 21,156 133,294 220,450 893,980
Rate per 1,000 0.06 0.40 0.66 2.68

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
10.91
13.85
National Median: 20
    Prairie du Sac
    Wisconsin

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 92

in Prairie du Sac

1 in 72

in Wisconsin

Property Crimes

Population: 4,399
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 1 44 3
Rate per 1,000 0.23 10.00 0.68

United States Property Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 899,293 4,672,363 942,173
Rate per 1,000 2.70 14.02 2.83

Prairie du Sac Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
31
16
National Median: 27.0
    Prairie du Sac
    Wisconsin

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