What is the crime rate in Wausau, WI?

In 2025, the Wausau Police Department reported 104 violent crimes and 300 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 258 violent and 744 property crimes per 100,000 of the 40,318 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: 258
Property per 100,000: 744
Violent crimes: 104
Property crimes: 300

Crime reported by the Wausau 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	166	418	456	1,147	39,743
2024	122	305	412	1,031	39,949
2025	104	258	300	744	40,318

Violent crimes reported went from 166 in 2023 to 104 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 456 in 2023 to 300 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.

Wausau against Wisconsin and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Wausau	258	744
Marathon County	160	647
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 Wausau, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Wausau	—	258	744
Town of Marathon	7.9 mi	389	907
Kronenwetter	10 mi	35	154
Mosinee	12 mi	88	395

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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