Shawano, WI Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Shawano, WI Summary

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

  • There were 131 total crimes committed in Shawano in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,418.4 total crimes per 100K people in Shawano.
  • The overall crime rate in Shawano is -33.07% below the national average.
  • Shawano ranks #201 safest out of 269 cities in Wisconsin.
  • Shawano ranks #5,804 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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Shawano Vs Wisconsin And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Shawano is 1,418.4 per 100,000 people. That's -33.07% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -0.99% lower than the Wisconsin total crime rate of 1,432.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Shawano
/ 100k People
Wisconsin
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 131 1,418.4 1,432.6 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 4.2 5.0
Robbery 1 10.8 39.4 61.0
Aggravated Assault 17 184.1 200.1 256.0
Violent Crime 20 216.5 278.5 359.0
Burglary 10 108.3 117.2 229.0
Larceny 96 1,039.4 875.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 5 54.1 161.3 259.0
Property Crime 111 1,201.8 1,154.1 1,760.0

Shawano 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 Shawano

20
Violent Crimes
216.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-39.68%
Below The National Average
  • There were 20 violent crimes in Shawano in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Shawano is 216.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 461.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Shawano each year. That compares to a 1 in 359.1 chance statewide.
  • That's -39.68% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -22.25% lower than the Wisconsin violent crime rate of 278.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Shawano

111
Property Crimes
1,201.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
-31.71%
Below The National Average
  • There were 111 property crimes in Shawano in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Shawano is 1,201.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 83.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Shawano each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -31.71% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 4.14% higher than the Wisconsin property crime rate of 1,154.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Shawano

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
De Pere, WI 25,319 163 643.8 568.7 75.0
Menasha, WI 18,008 191 1,060.6 882.9 177.7
Kaukauna, WI 17,622 138 783.1 681.0 102.1
Kronenwetter, WI 8,597 27 314.1 267.5 46.5

Shawano SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
7/10
Housing
4
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
8
Safety
6
Amenities
8
Education
6
Commute
9
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