Cottage Grove, WI Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Cottage Grove, WI Summary

Crime in Cottage Grove research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Cottage Grove over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Cottage Grove:

  • There were 14 total crimes committed in Cottage Grove the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 191.0 total crimes per 100K people in Cottage Grove.
  • The overall crime rate in Cottage Grove is -91.78% below the national average.
  • Cottage Grove ranks #37 safest out of 336 cities in Wisconsin.
  • Cottage Grove ranks #728 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Cottage Grove Vs Wisconsin And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Cottage Grove is 191.0 per 100,000 people. That's -91.78% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -89.44% lower than the Wisconsin total crime rate of 1,809.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Cottage Grove
/ 100k People
Wisconsin
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 14 191.0 1,809.0 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.3 6.3
Robbery 0 0.0 52.8 66.1
Aggravated Assault 3 40.9 230.6 268.2
Violent Crime 3 40.9 323.4 369.8
Burglary 1 13.6 218.5 269.8
Larceny 7 95.5 1,106.1 1,401.9
Car Theft 3 40.9 161.0 282.7
Property Crime 11 150.1 1,485.7 1,954.4

Cottage Grove Crime Compared To Wisconsin Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Wisconsin.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Cottage Grove

3
Violent Crimes
40.9
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-88.93%
Below The National Average
  • There were 3 violent crimes in Cottage Grove in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Cottage Grove is 40.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 2,442.7 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Cottage Grove each year. That compares to a 1 in 309.2 chance statewide.
  • That's -88.93% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -87.34% lower than the Wisconsin violent crime rate of 323.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Cottage Grove

11
Property Crimes
150.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
-92.32%
Below The National Average
  • There were 11 property crimes in Cottage Grove in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Cottage Grove is 150.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 666.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Cottage Grove each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -92.32% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -89.90% lower than the Wisconsin property crime rate of 1,485.7 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Cottage Grove

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Madison, WI 269,546 7,269 2,696.8 2,396.3 300.5
Sun Prairie, WI 36,153 654 1,809.0 1,535.1 273.8
Middleton, WI 23,346 240 1,028.0 946.6 81.4
Waunakee, WI 14,914 53 355.4 295.0 60.3
Verona, WI 14,413 127 881.1 825.6 55.5
Stoughton, WI 12,948 191 1,475.1 1,367.0 108.1
Oregon, WI 11,538 82 710.7 624.0 86.7
Deforest, WI 10,869 134 1,232.9 1,159.3 73.6
McFarland, WI 9,555 91 952.4 847.7 104.7
Monona, WI 8,920 310 3,475.3 3,329.6 145.7

Cottage Grove SnackAbility

7
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
9/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
8
Diversity
5
Safety
9
Amenities
8
Education
9.5
Commute
8
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