What is the crime rate in Janesville, WI?

In 2025, the Janesville Police Department reported 81 violent crimes and 1,045 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 122 violent and 1,569 property crimes per 100,000 of the 66,624 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: 122
Property per 100,000: 1,569
Violent crimes: 81
Property crimes: 1,045

Crime reported by the Janesville 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	125	189	1,197	1,813	66,033
2024	95	143	1,229	1,855	66,247
2025	81	122	1,045	1,569	66,624

Violent crimes reported went from 125 in 2023 to 81 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 1,197 in 2023 to 1,045 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.

Janesville against Wisconsin and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Janesville	122	1,569
Rock County	198	1,301
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 Janesville, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Janesville	—	122	1,569
Milton	7.2 mi	69	259
Town of Fulton	8.2 mi	0	0
Town of Milton (Rock County)	8.9 mi	0	33
Town of Beloit	9.6 mi	138	654
Edgerton	11 mi	32	307
Beloit	11 mi	432	1,904
Clinton	11 mi	43	387
South Beloit	14 mi	313	1,015

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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