Safest counties for violent crime rate in Wisconsin

Top 25 of 72 counties with data.

Ranked by violent crime rate (FBI Crime Data Explorer (per-agency, 2018-2022 average), FBI CDE 2020-2024 avg), lowest first.

Safest counties for violent crime rate in Wisconsin
Rank	County	Value
1	Vilas	23.1 per 100k
2	Menominee	31.9 per 100k
3	Green	35.6 per 100k
4	Marquette	40.4 per 100k
5	Ozaukee	57.5 per 100k
6	Door	58.0 per 100k
7	Pepin	59.5 per 100k
8	Vernon	63.4 per 100k
9	Green Lake	64.0 per 100k
10	Lafayette	64.8 per 100k
11	Trempealeau	66.2 per 100k
12	Waushara	67.4 per 100k
13	Eau Claire	68.4 per 100k
14	Waukesha	70.5 per 100k
15	Jackson	71.0 per 100k
16	Pierce	76.6 per 100k
17	Walworth	80.1 per 100k
18	Richland	82.6 per 100k
19	Washburn	93.1 per 100k
20	Iowa	93.2 per 100k
21	Oconto	97.1 per 100k
22	Washington	99.5 per 100k
23	Taylor	100.0 per 100k
24	St. Croix	100.8 per 100k
25	Waupaca	101.1 per 100k

How this ranking works

This page ranks Wisconsin counties by violent crime rate, sorted so the safest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For violent crime rate, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh violent crime rate against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of violent crime rate.

Safest Counties (Lowest Violent Crime) in Wisconsin (2026)

Safest counties for violent crime rate in Wisconsin

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