Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Chippewa Falls, WI Crime Grade
How Chippewa Falls 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
6/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Wisconsin
7/10
vs. Wisconsin cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Chippewa Falls, WI was 204.4 per 100,000 residents (31 incidents over a population of 15,163). That puts Chippewa Falls 37% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 13% below the Wisconsin statewide rate of 235.9.
That ranks Chippewa Falls #2,075 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 45% of them, and #62 of 89 in Wisconsin. Violent crime is down 9% year over year and down 10% over the last five years.
Chippewa Falls, WI crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- Wisconsin Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 204.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,075 of 3,771
- WI rank
- #62 of 89
- Safer than
- 45% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 9%
- 5-year change
- down 10%
- Population
- 15,163
- Reporting agency
- Chippewa Falls Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Chippewa Falls Police Department (FBI ORI WI0090100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Chippewa Falls (red), Wisconsin (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Chippewa Falls 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 | 228.0(33) | 283.2(42) | 260.4(38) | 225.6(33) | 204.4(31) |
| Murder | 6.9(1) | 20.2(3) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 34.5(5) | 53.9(8) | 54.8(8) | 47.9(7) | 46.2(7) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 6.7(1) | 13.7(2) | 13.7(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 186.5(27) | 202.3(30) | 191.8(28) | 164.1(24) | 158.3(24) |
| Property crime | 739.2(107) | 546.1(81) | 596.1(87) | 683.7(100) | 481.4(73) |
| Burglary | 62.2(9) | 60.7(9) | 41.1(6) | 41.0(6) | 33.0(5) |
| Larceny | 559.6(81) | 397.8(59) | 500.2(73) | 574.3(84) | 356.1(54) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 110.5(16) | 74.2(11) | 54.8(8) | 61.5(9) | 92.3(14) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Chippewa Falls, 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 Chippewa Falls 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 Chippewa Falls calculated?
- Chippewa Falls'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 Chippewa Falls 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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