What is the crime rate in Fitchburg, WI?

In 2025, the Fitchburg Police Department reported 53 violent crimes and 320 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 151 violent and 910 property crimes per 100,000 of the 35,168 residents it serves.

Across Wisconsin the rates were 245 and 1,033.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 151
Property per 100,000: 910
Violent crimes: 53
Property crimes: 320

Crime reported by the Fitchburg Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	116	369	461	1,465	31,467
2024	92	281	439	1,341	32,727
2025	53	151	320	910	35,168

Violent crimes reported went from 116 in 2023 to 53 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 461 in 2023 to 320 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Fitchburg against Wisconsin and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Fitchburg	151	910
Dane County	148	1,268
Wisconsin	245	1,033
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Fitchburg, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Fitchburg	—	151	910
Oregon	4.6 mi	33	406
Verona	5.8 mi	28	301
Shorewood Hills	6.5 mi	93	1,435
Monona	6.6 mi	105	2,638
McFarland	7.5 mi	43	648
Middleton	9.3 mi	110	890
Maple Bluff	9.5 mi	761	913
Belleville	10 mi	75	262

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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