Sheboygan, WI Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Sheboygan, WI Summary

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

  • There were 851 total crimes committed in Sheboygan in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,715.4 total crimes per 100K people in Sheboygan.
  • The overall crime rate in Sheboygan is -19.06% below the national average.
  • Sheboygan ranks #219 safest out of 269 cities in Wisconsin.
  • Sheboygan ranks #6,607 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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Sheboygan Vs Wisconsin And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Sheboygan is 1,715.4 per 100,000 people. That's -19.06% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 19.74% higher than the Wisconsin total crime rate of 1,432.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Sheboygan
/ 100k People
Wisconsin
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 851 1,715.4 1,432.6 2,119.2
Murder 2 4.0 4.2 5.0
Robbery 3 6.0 39.4 61.0
Aggravated Assault 156 314.5 200.1 256.0
Violent Crime 212 427.3 278.5 359.0
Burglary 44 88.7 117.2 229.0
Larceny 574 1,157.0 875.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 21 42.3 161.3 259.0
Property Crime 639 1,288.0 1,154.1 1,760.0

Sheboygan 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 Sheboygan

212
Violent Crimes
427.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
19.03%
Above The National Average
  • There were 212 violent crimes in Sheboygan in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Sheboygan is 427.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 234.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Sheboygan each year. That compares to a 1 in 359.1 chance statewide.
  • That's 19.03% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 53.43% higher than the Wisconsin violent crime rate of 278.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Sheboygan

639
Property Crimes
1,288.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
-26.82%
Below The National Average
  • There were 639 property crimes in Sheboygan in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Sheboygan is 1,288.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 77.6 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Sheboygan each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -26.82% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 11.61% higher than the Wisconsin property crime rate of 1,154.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Sheboygan

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Wauwatosa, WI 46,968 1,263 2,689.1 2,482.5 206.5
Menomonee Falls, WI 40,076 239 596.4 529.0 67.4
Mequon, WI 25,586 153 598.0 558.9 39.1
Whitefish Bay, WI 14,537 138 949.3 935.5 13.8
Grafton, WI 12,788 89 696.0 617.8 78.2
Cedarburg, WI 12,649 56 442.7 395.3 47.4
Plymouth, WI 8,897 94 1,056.5 1,034.1 22.5
Sheboygan Falls, WI 8,181 75 916.8 855.6 61.1
Jackson, WI 8,039 33 410.5 348.3 62.2
Fox Point, WI 6,557 39 594.8 594.8 0.0

Sheboygan SnackAbility

8
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
7/10
Housing
5
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
8.5
Safety
6
Amenities
9.5
Education
7
Commute
9.5
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