Appleton, WI Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Appleton, WI Summary

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

  • There were 1,152 total crimes committed in Appleton in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,548.5 total crimes per 100K people in Appleton.
  • The overall crime rate in Appleton is -26.93% below the national average.
  • Appleton ranks #209 safest out of 269 cities in Wisconsin.
  • Appleton ranks #6,163 safest out of 9,896 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 per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Appleton Vs Wisconsin And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Appleton is 1,548.5 per 100,000 people. That's -26.93% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 8.09% higher than the Wisconsin total crime rate of 1,432.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Appleton
/ 100k People
Wisconsin
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,152 1,548.5 1,432.6 2,119.2
Murder 2 2.7 4.2 5.0
Robbery 7 9.4 39.4 61.0
Aggravated Assault 102 137.1 200.1 256.0
Violent Crime 150 201.6 278.5 359.0
Burglary 114 153.2 117.2 229.0
Larceny 841 1,130.5 875.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 47 63.2 161.3 259.0
Property Crime 1,002 1,346.9 1,154.1 1,760.0

Appleton Crime Compared To Wisconsin Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Wisconsin.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Appleton

150
Violent Crimes
201.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-43.84%
Below The National Average
  • There were 150 violent crimes in Appleton in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Appleton is 201.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 496.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Appleton each year. That compares to a 1 in 359.1 chance statewide.
  • That's -43.84% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -27.60% lower than the Wisconsin violent crime rate of 278.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Appleton

1,002
Property Crimes
1,346.9
Property Crimes / 100k People
-23.47%
Below The National Average
  • There were 1,002 property crimes in Appleton in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Appleton is 1,346.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 74.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Appleton each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -23.47% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 16.71% higher than the Wisconsin property crime rate of 1,154.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Appleton

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Raymore, MO 26,124 329 1,259.4 1,110.1 149.3
Warrensburg, MO 19,785 581 2,936.6 2,623.2 313.4
Harrisonville, MO 9,762 226 2,315.1 1,761.9 553.2
Clinton, MO 9,486 267 2,814.7 2,076.7 737.9
Pleasant Hill, MO 8,641 71 821.7 717.5 104.2
Nevada, MO 8,277 440 5,315.9 4,772.3 543.7
Fort Scott, KS 7,573 150 1,980.7 1,690.2 290.5
Greenwood, MO 6,156 29 471.1 389.9 81.2
Louisburg, KS 5,236 38 725.7 534.8 191.0
Butler, MO 4,268 180 4,217.4 2,858.5 1,359.0

Appleton SnackAbility

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