Pleasant Prairie, WI Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Pleasant Prairie, WI Summary

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

  • There were 306 total crimes committed in Pleasant Prairie in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,392.1 total crimes per 100K people in Pleasant Prairie.
  • The overall crime rate in Pleasant Prairie is -34.31% below the national average.
  • Pleasant Prairie ranks #196 safest out of 269 cities in Wisconsin.
  • Pleasant Prairie ranks #5,735 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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Pleasant Prairie Vs Wisconsin And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Pleasant Prairie is 1,392.1 per 100,000 people. That's -34.31% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -2.83% lower than the Wisconsin total crime rate of 1,432.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Pleasant Prairie
/ 100k People
Wisconsin
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 306 1,392.1 1,432.6 2,119.2
Murder 2 9.1 4.2 5.0
Robbery 3 13.6 39.4 61.0
Aggravated Assault 62 282.1 200.1 256.0
Violent Crime 69 313.9 278.5 359.0
Burglary 12 54.6 117.2 229.0
Larceny 214 973.6 875.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 11 50.0 161.3 259.0
Property Crime 237 1,078.2 1,154.1 1,760.0

Pleasant Prairie 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 Pleasant Prairie

69
Violent Crimes
313.9
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-12.56%
Below The National Average
  • There were 69 violent crimes in Pleasant Prairie in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Pleasant Prairie is 313.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 318.6 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Pleasant Prairie each year. That compares to a 1 in 359.1 chance statewide.
  • That's -12.56% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 12.71% higher than the Wisconsin violent crime rate of 278.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Pleasant Prairie

237
Property Crimes
1,078.2
Property Crimes / 100k People
-38.74%
Below The National Average
  • There were 237 property crimes in Pleasant Prairie in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Pleasant Prairie is 1,078.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 92.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Pleasant Prairie each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -38.74% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -6.57% lower than the Wisconsin property crime rate of 1,154.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Pleasant Prairie

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Kenosha, WI 97,652 1,125 1,152.1 866.3 285.7
Mundelein, IL 31,876 246 771.7 724.7 47.1
Gurnee, IL 30,041 724 2,410.0 2,243.6 166.4
Zion, IL 24,068 348 1,445.9 993.0 452.9
Libertyville, IL 20,257 125 617.1 533.1 83.9
Antioch, IL 14,907 85 570.2 530.0 40.2
Lindenhurst, IL 14,327 27 188.5 153.6 34.9
Lake Villa, IL 8,592 52 605.2 488.8 116.4
Spring Grove, IL 5,523 23 416.4 398.3 18.1
Lake Bluff, IL 5,509 48 871.3 835.0 36.3

Pleasant Prairie SnackAbility

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