Whitewater, WI Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Whitewater, WI Summary

Crime in Whitewater research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Whitewater 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 Whitewater:

  • There were 217 total crimes committed in Whitewater the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,514.6 total crimes per 100K people in Whitewater.
  • The overall crime rate in Whitewater is -34.83% below the national average.
  • Whitewater ranks #246 safest out of 336 cities in Wisconsin.
  • Whitewater ranks #5,356 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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Whitewater Vs Wisconsin And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Whitewater is 1,514.6 per 100,000 people. That's -34.83% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -16.27% lower than the Wisconsin total crime rate of 1,809.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Whitewater
/ 100k People
Wisconsin
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 217 1,514.6 1,809.0 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.3 6.3
Robbery 2 14.0 52.8 66.1
Aggravated Assault 21 146.6 230.6 268.2
Violent Crime 33 230.3 323.4 369.8
Burglary 11 76.8 218.5 269.8
Larceny 166 1,158.7 1,106.1 1,401.9
Car Theft 7 48.9 161.0 282.7
Property Crime 184 1,284.3 1,485.7 1,954.4

Whitewater 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 Whitewater

33
Violent Crimes
230.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-37.71%
Below The National Average
  • There were 33 violent crimes in Whitewater in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Whitewater is 230.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 434.2 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Whitewater each year. That compares to a 1 in 309.2 chance statewide.
  • That's -37.71% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -28.77% lower than the Wisconsin violent crime rate of 323.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Whitewater

184
Property Crimes
1,284.3
Property Crimes / 100k People
-34.29%
Below The National Average
  • There were 184 property crimes in Whitewater in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Whitewater is 1,284.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 77.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Whitewater each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -34.29% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -13.55% lower than the Wisconsin property crime rate of 1,485.7 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Whitewater

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Janesville, WI 66,242 1,411 2,130.1 1,961.0 169.1
Fort Atkinson, WI 12,432 150 1,206.6 900.9 305.7
Elkhorn, WI 10,359 78 753.0 666.1 86.9
Delavan, WI 10,193 166 1,628.6 1,520.7 107.9
Jefferson, WI 7,709 147 1,906.9 1,686.3 220.5
Lake Mills, WI 6,662 62 930.7 705.5 225.2
Edgerton, WI 5,954 41 688.6 638.2 50.4
Milton, WI 5,683 29 510.3 475.1 35.2
Palmyra, WI 1,686 15 889.7 771.1 118.6

Whitewater SnackAbility

7
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
7
Affordability
4
Diversity
8
Safety
8
Amenities
8.5
Education
8.5
Commute
9
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