Beaver Dam, WI Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Beaver Dam, WI Summary

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

  • There were 209 total crimes committed in Beaver Dam in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,268.7 total crimes per 100K people in Beaver Dam.
  • The overall crime rate in Beaver Dam is -40.13% below the national average.
  • Beaver Dam ranks #183 safest out of 269 cities in Wisconsin.
  • Beaver Dam ranks #5,370 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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Beaver Dam Vs Wisconsin And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Beaver Dam is 1,268.7 per 100,000 people. That's -40.13% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -11.44% lower than the Wisconsin total crime rate of 1,432.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Beaver Dam
/ 100k People
Wisconsin
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 209 1,268.7 1,432.6 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 4.2 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 39.4 61.0
Aggravated Assault 17 103.2 200.1 256.0
Violent Crime 24 145.7 278.5 359.0
Burglary 2 12.1 117.2 229.0
Larceny 174 1,056.3 875.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 9 54.6 161.3 259.0
Property Crime 185 1,123.0 1,154.1 1,760.0

Beaver Dam 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 Beaver Dam

24
Violent Crimes
145.7
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-59.42%
Below The National Average
  • There were 24 violent crimes in Beaver Dam in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Beaver Dam is 145.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 686.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Beaver Dam each year. That compares to a 1 in 359.1 chance statewide.
  • That's -59.42% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -47.69% lower than the Wisconsin violent crime rate of 278.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Beaver Dam

185
Property Crimes
1,123.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
-36.19%
Below The National Average
  • There were 185 property crimes in Beaver Dam in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Beaver Dam is 1,123.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 89.0 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Beaver Dam each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -36.19% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -2.69% lower than the Wisconsin property crime rate of 1,154.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Beaver Dam

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Wauwatosa, WI 46,968 1,263 2,689.1 2,482.5 206.5
Sun Prairie, WI 38,519 614 1,594.0 1,409.7 184.3
Oconomowoc, WI 18,830 61 324.0 308.0 15.9
Verona, WI 16,443 117 711.5 662.9 48.7
Waunakee, WI 15,227 48 315.2 210.2 105.1
Oregon, WI 11,833 38 321.1 278.9 42.3
Deforest, WI 11,195 100 893.3 812.9 80.4
Waupun, WI 10,873 72 662.2 377.1 285.1
McFarland, WI 9,602 85 885.2 822.7 62.5
Cottage Grove, WI 9,518 54 567.3 451.8 115.6

Beaver Dam SnackAbility

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