Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Beaver Dam, WI Crime Grade
How Beaver Dam grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Wisconsin — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Wisconsin
6/10
vs. Wisconsin cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Beaver Dam, WI was 146.6 per 100,000 residents (24 incidents over a population of 16,376). That puts Beaver Dam 55% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 38% below the Wisconsin statewide rate of 235.9.
That ranks Beaver Dam #1,598 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 58% of them, and #52 of 89 in Wisconsin. Violent crime is roughly flat year over year and down 35% over the last five years.
Beaver Dam, WI crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Wisconsin Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 146.6 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,598 of 3,771
- WI rank
- #52 of 89
- Safer than
- 58% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- roughly flat
- 5-year change
- down 35%
- Population
- 16,376
- Reporting agency
- Beaver Dam Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Beaver Dam Police Department (FBI ORI WI0140100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Beaver Dam, WI
Also known as
- Beaverdam
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Beaver Dam (red), Wisconsin (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Beaver Dam vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 226.8(37) | 156.1(26) | 133.2(22) | 145.7(24) | 146.6(24) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 6.0(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 91.9(15) | 60.0(10) | 30.3(5) | 42.5(7) | 36.6(6) |
| Robbery | 6.1(1) | 6.0(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 128.7(21) | 84.1(14) | 102.9(17) | 103.2(17) | 109.9(18) |
| Property crime | 815.3(133) | 696.4(116) | 1259.0(208) | 1123.0(185) | 647.3(106) |
| Burglary | 36.8(6) | 36.0(6) | 78.7(13) | 12.1(2) | 30.5(5) |
| Larceny | 754.0(123) | 630.4(105) | 1162.2(192) | 1056.3(174) | 586.2(96) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 24.5(4) | 24.0(4) | 18.2(3) | 54.6(9) | 18.3(3) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Beaver Dam, WI Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Beaver Dam Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Beaver Dam calculated?
- Beaver Dam's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Wisconsin state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Wisconsin cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Beaver Dam Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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