Middleton, WI Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Middleton, WI Summary

Crime in Middleton research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Middleton over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Middleton:

  • There were 240 total crimes committed in Middleton the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,028.0 total crimes per 100K people in Middleton.
  • The overall crime rate in Middleton is -55.77% below the national average.
  • Middleton ranks #202 safest out of 336 cities in Wisconsin.
  • Middleton ranks #3,830 safest out of 9,869 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 doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Middleton Vs Wisconsin And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Middleton is 1,028.0 per 100,000 people. That's -55.77% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -43.17% lower than the Wisconsin total crime rate of 1,809.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Middleton
/ 100k People
Wisconsin
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 240 1,028.0 1,809.0 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.3 6.3
Robbery 1 4.3 52.8 66.1
Aggravated Assault 15 64.3 230.6 268.2
Violent Crime 19 81.4 323.4 369.8
Burglary 13 55.7 218.5 269.8
Larceny 185 792.4 1,106.1 1,401.9
Car Theft 23 98.5 161.0 282.7
Property Crime 221 946.6 1,485.7 1,954.4

Middleton Crime Compared To Wisconsin Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Wisconsin.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Middleton

19
Violent Crimes
81.4
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-77.99%
Below The National Average
  • There were 19 violent crimes in Middleton in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Middleton is 81.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,228.7 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Middleton each year. That compares to a 1 in 309.2 chance statewide.
  • That's -77.99% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -74.83% lower than the Wisconsin violent crime rate of 323.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Middleton

221
Property Crimes
946.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
-51.56%
Below The National Average
  • There were 221 property crimes in Middleton in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Middleton is 946.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 105.6 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Middleton each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -51.56% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -36.28% lower than the Wisconsin property crime rate of 1,485.7 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Middleton

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Madison, WI 269,546 7,269 2,696.8 2,396.3 300.5
Sun Prairie, WI 36,153 654 1,809.0 1,535.1 273.8
Fitchburg, WI 31,796 519 1,632.3 1,324.1 308.2
Waunakee, WI 14,914 53 355.4 295.0 60.3
Verona, WI 14,413 127 881.1 825.6 55.5
Stoughton, WI 12,948 191 1,475.1 1,367.0 108.1
Oregon, WI 11,538 82 710.7 624.0 86.7
Deforest, WI 10,869 134 1,232.9 1,159.3 73.6
McFarland, WI 9,555 91 952.4 847.7 104.7
Monona, WI 8,920 310 3,475.3 3,329.6 145.7

Middleton SnackAbility

9.5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
6
Diversity
8
Safety
8.5
Amenities
8.5
Education
9.5
Commute
9
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