Lake Mills, WI Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Lake Mills, WI Summary

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

  • There were 45 total crimes committed in Lake Mills in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 668.5 total crimes per 100K people in Lake Mills.
  • The overall crime rate in Lake Mills is -68.45% below the national average.
  • Lake Mills ranks #116 safest out of 269 cities in Wisconsin.
  • Lake Mills ranks #3,011 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 Mills Vs Wisconsin And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Lake Mills is 668.5 per 100,000 people. That's -68.45% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -53.33% lower than the Wisconsin total crime rate of 1,432.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Lake Mills
/ 100k People
Wisconsin
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 45 668.5 1,432.6 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 4.2 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 39.4 61.0
Aggravated Assault 6 89.1 200.1 256.0
Violent Crime 8 118.9 278.5 359.0
Burglary 1 14.9 117.2 229.0
Larceny 34 505.1 875.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 2 29.7 161.3 259.0
Property Crime 37 549.7 1,154.1 1,760.0

Lake Mills 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 Mills

8
Violent Crimes
118.9
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-66.89%
Below The National Average
  • There were 8 violent crimes in Lake Mills in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Lake Mills is 118.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 841.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Lake Mills each year. That compares to a 1 in 359.1 chance statewide.
  • That's -66.89% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -57.33% lower than the Wisconsin violent crime rate of 278.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Lake Mills

37
Property Crimes
549.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
-68.77%
Below The National Average
  • There were 37 property crimes in Lake Mills in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Lake Mills is 549.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 181.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Lake Mills each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -68.77% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -52.37% lower than the Wisconsin property crime rate of 1,154.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Lake Mills

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Sun Prairie, WI 38,519 614 1,594.0 1,409.7 184.3
Watertown, WI 22,612 280 1,238.3 1,048.1 190.2
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
McFarland, WI 9,602 85 885.2 822.7 62.5
Cottage Grove, WI 9,518 54 567.3 451.8 115.6
Jefferson, WI 7,594 123 1,619.7 1,369.5 250.2
Edgerton, WI 5,933 32 539.4 539.4 0.0

Lake Mills SnackAbility

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