Stoughton, WI Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Stoughton, WI Summary

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

  • There were 189 total crimes committed in Stoughton in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,454.3 total crimes per 100K people in Stoughton.
  • The overall crime rate in Stoughton is -31.38% below the national average.
  • Stoughton ranks #204 safest out of 269 cities in Wisconsin.
  • Stoughton ranks #5,902 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.

Additional research about crime in Wisconsin

Stoughton Vs Wisconsin And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Stoughton is 1,454.3 per 100,000 people. That's -31.38% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 1.52% higher than the Wisconsin total crime rate of 1,432.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Stoughton
/ 100k People
Wisconsin
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 189 1,454.3 1,432.6 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 4.2 5.0
Robbery 1 7.7 39.4 61.0
Aggravated Assault 19 146.2 200.1 256.0
Violent Crime 25 192.4 278.5 359.0
Burglary 33 253.9 117.2 229.0
Larceny 126 969.5 875.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 5 38.5 161.3 259.0
Property Crime 164 1,261.9 1,154.1 1,760.0

Stoughton 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 Stoughton

25
Violent Crimes
192.4
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-46.42%
Below The National Average
  • There were 25 violent crimes in Stoughton in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Stoughton is 192.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 519.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Stoughton each year. That compares to a 1 in 359.1 chance statewide.
  • That's -46.42% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -30.93% lower than the Wisconsin violent crime rate of 278.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Stoughton

164
Property Crimes
1,261.9
Property Crimes / 100k People
-28.30%
Below The National Average
  • There were 164 property crimes in Stoughton in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Stoughton is 1,261.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 79.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Stoughton each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -28.30% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 9.35% higher than the Wisconsin property crime rate of 1,154.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Stoughton

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Madison, WI 282,045 5,982 2,120.9 1,865.0 256.0
Sun Prairie, WI 38,519 614 1,594.0 1,409.7 184.3
Fitchburg, WI 32,727 529 1,616.4 1,341.4 275.0
Middleton, WI 23,353 233 997.7 890.7 107.1
Verona, WI 16,443 117 711.5 662.9 48.7
Fort Atkinson, WI 12,274 122 994.0 757.7 236.3
Oregon, WI 11,833 38 321.1 278.9 42.3
McFarland, WI 9,602 85 885.2 822.7 62.5
Cottage Grove, WI 9,518 54 567.3 451.8 115.6
Monona, WI 8,511 270 3,172.4 3,137.1 35.2

Stoughton SnackAbility

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