Lake Geneva, WI Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Lake Geneva, WI Summary

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

  • There were 153 total crimes committed in Lake Geneva in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,735.5 total crimes per 100K people in Lake Geneva.
  • The overall crime rate in Lake Geneva is -18.11% below the national average.
  • Lake Geneva ranks #222 safest out of 269 cities in Wisconsin.
  • Lake Geneva ranks #6,658 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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Lake Geneva Vs Wisconsin And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Lake Geneva is 1,735.5 per 100,000 people. That's -18.11% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 21.14% higher than the Wisconsin total crime rate of 1,432.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Lake Geneva
/ 100k People
Wisconsin
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 153 1,735.5 1,432.6 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 4.2 5.0
Robbery 1 11.3 39.4 61.0
Aggravated Assault 7 79.4 200.1 256.0
Violent Crime 9 102.1 278.5 359.0
Burglary 6 68.1 117.2 229.0
Larceny 137 1,554.0 875.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 1 11.3 161.3 259.0
Property Crime 144 1,633.4 1,154.1 1,760.0

Lake Geneva 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 Lake Geneva

9
Violent Crimes
102.1
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-71.56%
Below The National Average
  • There were 9 violent crimes in Lake Geneva in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Lake Geneva is 102.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 979.6 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Lake Geneva each year. That compares to a 1 in 359.1 chance statewide.
  • That's -71.56% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -63.35% lower than the Wisconsin violent crime rate of 278.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Lake Geneva

144
Property Crimes
1,633.4
Property Crimes / 100k People
-7.19%
Below The National Average
  • There were 144 property crimes in Lake Geneva in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Lake Geneva is 1,633.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 61.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Lake Geneva each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -7.19% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 41.53% higher than the Wisconsin property crime rate of 1,154.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Lake Geneva

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
McHenry, IL 28,563 204 714.2 619.7 94.5
Woodstock, IL 25,731 164 637.4 544.1 93.3
Antioch, IL 14,907 85 570.2 530.0 40.2
Fox Lake, IL 10,749 209 1,944.4 1,693.2 251.2
Harvard, IL 9,323 71 761.6 622.1 139.4
Mukwonago, WI 8,568 109 1,272.2 1,167.1 105.0
Bloomfield, WI 6,666 16 240.0 210.0 30.0
Johnsburg, IL 6,395 61 953.9 860.0 93.8
Spring Grove, IL 5,523 23 416.4 398.3 18.1

Lake Geneva SnackAbility

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