Cottage Grove, WI Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

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 on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Cottage Grove:

  • There were 54 total crimes committed in Cottage Grove in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 567.3 total crimes per 100K people in Cottage Grove.
  • The overall crime rate in Cottage Grove is -73.23% below the national average.
  • Cottage Grove ranks #98 safest out of 269 cities in Wisconsin.
  • Cottage Grove ranks #2,526 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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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 567.3 per 100,000 people. That's -73.23% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -60.40% lower than the Wisconsin total crime rate of 1,432.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Cottage Grove
/ 100k People
Wisconsin
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 54 567.3 1,432.6 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 4.2 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 39.4 61.0
Aggravated Assault 9 94.6 200.1 256.0
Violent Crime 11 115.6 278.5 359.0
Burglary 3 31.5 117.2 229.0
Larceny 39 409.7 875.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 1 10.5 161.3 259.0
Property Crime 43 451.8 1,154.1 1,760.0

Cottage Grove 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 Cottage Grove

11
Violent Crimes
115.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-67.81%
Below The National Average
  • There were 11 violent crimes in Cottage Grove in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Cottage Grove is 115.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 865.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Cottage Grove each year. That compares to a 1 in 359.1 chance statewide.
  • That's -67.81% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -58.50% lower than the Wisconsin violent crime rate of 278.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Cottage Grove

43
Property Crimes
451.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
-74.33%
Below The National Average
  • There were 43 property crimes in Cottage Grove in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Cottage Grove is 451.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 221.3 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 -74.33% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -60.85% lower than the Wisconsin property crime rate of 1,154.1 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 282,045 5,982 2,120.9 1,865.0 256.0
Sun Prairie, WI 38,519 614 1,594.0 1,409.7 184.3
Middleton, WI 23,353 233 997.7 890.7 107.1
Verona, WI 16,443 117 711.5 662.9 48.7
Waunakee, WI 15,227 48 315.2 210.2 105.1
Stoughton, WI 12,996 189 1,454.3 1,261.9 192.4
Oregon, WI 11,833 38 321.1 278.9 42.3
Deforest, WI 11,195 100 893.3 812.9 80.4
McFarland, WI 9,602 85 885.2 822.7 62.5
Monona, WI 8,511 270 3,172.4 3,137.1 35.2

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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