What is the crime rate in Sun Prairie, WI?

In 2025, the Sun Prairie Police Department reported 56 violent crimes and 428 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 140 violent and 1,067 property crimes per 100,000 of the 40,109 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: 140
Property per 100,000: 1,067
Violent crimes: 56
Property crimes: 428

Crime reported by the Sun Prairie 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	72	195	577	1,562	36,950
2024	75	195	548	1,423	38,519
2025	56	140	428	1,067	40,109

Violent crimes reported went from 72 in 2023 to 56 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 577 in 2023 to 428 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.

Sun Prairie against Wisconsin and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Sun Prairie	140	1,067
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 Sun Prairie, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Sun Prairie	—	140	1,067
DeForest	6.3 mi	40	727
Cottage Grove	6.5 mi	85	381
Maple Bluff	8.1 mi	761	913
Marshall	8.9 mi	107	214
Monona	10 mi	105	2,638
Waunakee	10 mi	30	107
McFarland	12 mi	43	648
Waterloo	12 mi	0	385

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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