Sun Prairie, WI Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Sun Prairie, WI Summary

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

  • There were 614 total crimes committed in Sun Prairie in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,594.0 total crimes per 100K people in Sun Prairie.
  • The overall crime rate in Sun Prairie is -24.78% below the national average.
  • Sun Prairie ranks #211 safest out of 269 cities in Wisconsin.
  • Sun Prairie ranks #6,304 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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Sun Prairie Vs Wisconsin And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Sun Prairie is 1,594.0 per 100,000 people. That's -24.78% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 11.27% higher than the Wisconsin total crime rate of 1,432.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Sun Prairie
/ 100k People
Wisconsin
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 614 1,594.0 1,432.6 2,119.2
Murder 1 2.6 4.2 5.0
Robbery 3 7.8 39.4 61.0
Aggravated Assault 62 161.0 200.1 256.0
Violent Crime 71 184.3 278.5 359.0
Burglary 33 85.7 117.2 229.0
Larceny 482 1,251.3 875.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 28 72.7 161.3 259.0
Property Crime 543 1,409.7 1,154.1 1,760.0

Sun 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 Sun Prairie

71
Violent Crimes
184.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-48.66%
Below The National Average
  • There were 71 violent crimes in Sun Prairie in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Sun Prairie is 184.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 542.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Sun Prairie each year. That compares to a 1 in 359.1 chance statewide.
  • That's -48.66% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -33.82% lower than the Wisconsin violent crime rate of 278.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Sun Prairie

543
Property Crimes
1,409.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
-19.90%
Below The National Average
  • There were 543 property crimes in Sun Prairie in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Sun Prairie is 1,409.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 70.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Sun Prairie each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -19.90% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 22.15% higher than the Wisconsin property crime rate of 1,154.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Sun Prairie

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
Fitchburg, WI 32,727 529 1,616.4 1,341.4 275.0
Middleton, WI 23,353 233 997.7 890.7 107.1
Waunakee, WI 15,227 48 315.2 210.2 105.1
Stoughton, WI 12,996 189 1,454.3 1,261.9 192.4
Oregon, WI 11,833 38 321.1 278.9 42.3
Deforest, WI 11,195 100 893.3 812.9 80.4
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

Sun Prairie SnackAbility

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