Janesville, WI Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Janesville, WI Summary

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

  • There were 1,315 total crimes committed in Janesville in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,985.0 total crimes per 100K people in Janesville.
  • The overall crime rate in Janesville is -6.33% below the national average.
  • Janesville ranks #234 safest out of 269 cities in Wisconsin.
  • Janesville ranks #7,183 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.

Additional research about crime in Wisconsin

Janesville Vs Wisconsin And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Janesville is 1,985.0 per 100,000 people. That's -6.33% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 38.56% higher than the Wisconsin total crime rate of 1,432.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Janesville
/ 100k People
Wisconsin
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,315 1,985.0 1,432.6 2,119.2
Murder 3 4.5 4.2 5.0
Robbery 11 16.6 39.4 61.0
Aggravated Assault 55 83.0 200.1 256.0
Violent Crime 95 143.4 278.5 359.0
Burglary 77 116.2 117.2 229.0
Larceny 1,094 1,651.4 875.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 49 74.0 161.3 259.0
Property Crime 1,220 1,841.6 1,154.1 1,760.0

Janesville 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 Janesville

95
Violent Crimes
143.4
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-60.05%
Below The National Average
  • There were 95 violent crimes in Janesville in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Janesville is 143.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 697.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Janesville each year. That compares to a 1 in 359.1 chance statewide.
  • That's -60.05% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -48.51% lower than the Wisconsin violent crime rate of 278.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Janesville

1,220
Property Crimes
1,841.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
4.64%
Above The National Average
  • There were 1,220 property crimes in Janesville in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Janesville is 1,841.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 54.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Janesville each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 4.64% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 59.57% higher than the Wisconsin property crime rate of 1,154.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Janesville

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Beloit, WI 36,231 944 2,605.5 2,213.6 391.9
Whitewater, WI 15,473 142 917.7 717.4 200.3
Stoughton, WI 12,996 189 1,454.3 1,261.9 192.4
Fort Atkinson, WI 12,274 122 994.0 757.7 236.3
Roscoe, IL 10,805 76 703.4 546.0 157.3
Delavan, WI 10,091 142 1,407.2 1,218.9 188.3
South Beloit, IL 7,866 93 1,182.3 1,017.0 165.3
Rockton, IL 7,741 69 891.4 826.8 64.6
Edgerton, WI 5,933 32 539.4 539.4 0.0
Milton, WI 5,636 26 461.3 425.8 35.5

Janesville SnackAbility

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