Superior, WI Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Superior, WI Summary

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

  • There were 638 total crimes committed in Superior in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,424.9 total crimes per 100K people in Superior.
  • The overall crime rate in Superior is 14.43% above the national average.
  • Superior ranks #251 safest out of 269 cities in Wisconsin.
  • Superior ranks #7,945 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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Superior Vs Wisconsin And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Superior is 2,424.9 per 100,000 people. That's 14.43% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 69.27% higher than the Wisconsin total crime rate of 1,432.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Superior
/ 100k People
Wisconsin
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 638 2,424.9 1,432.6 2,119.2
Murder 1 3.8 4.2 5.0
Robbery 3 11.4 39.4 61.0
Aggravated Assault 40 152.0 200.1 256.0
Violent Crime 58 220.4 278.5 359.0
Burglary 49 186.2 117.2 229.0
Larceny 486 1,847.2 875.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 45 171.0 161.3 259.0
Property Crime 580 2,204.5 1,154.1 1,760.0

Superior 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 Superior

58
Violent Crimes
220.4
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-38.59%
Below The National Average
  • There were 58 violent crimes in Superior in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Superior is 220.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 453.6 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Superior each year. That compares to a 1 in 359.1 chance statewide.
  • That's -38.59% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -20.85% lower than the Wisconsin violent crime rate of 278.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Superior

580
Property Crimes
2,204.5
Property Crimes / 100k People
25.25%
Above The National Average
  • There were 580 property crimes in Superior in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Superior is 2,204.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 45.4 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Superior each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 25.25% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 91.02% higher than the Wisconsin property crime rate of 1,154.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Superior

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Duluth, MN 86,570 2,751 3,177.8 2,913.2 264.5
Big Lake, MN 12,749 53 415.7 368.7 47.1
Cloquet, MN 12,619 143 1,133.2 879.6 253.6
Hermantown, MN 10,081 271 2,688.2 2,618.8 69.4

Superior SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
7/10
Housing
6
Affordability
8
Diversity
6
Safety
5
Amenities
8
Education
8
Commute
9
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