Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Eau Claire, WI Crime Grade
How Eau Claire 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
7/10
vs. Wisconsin cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Eau Claire, WI was 168.4 per 100,000 residents (123 incidents over a population of 73,060). That puts Eau Claire Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 29% below the Wisconsin statewide rate of 235.9.
That ranks Eau Claire #1,810 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 52% of them, and #57 of 89 in Wisconsin. Violent crime is up 2% year over year and down 3% over the last five years.
Eau Claire, WI crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Wisconsin Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 168.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,810 of 3,771
- WI rank
- #57 of 89
- Safer than
- 52% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 2%
- 5-year change
- down 3%
- Population
- 73,060
- Reporting agency
- Eau Claire Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Eau Claire Police Department (FBI ORI WI0180100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Eau Claire, WI
Also known as
- Eauclaire
- Clearwater
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. Eau Claire (red), Wisconsin (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Eau Claire 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 | 173.0(120) | 138.0(96) | 134.6(94) | 165.0(117) | 168.4(123) |
| Murder | 1.4(1) | 1.4(1) | 0.0(0) | 2.8(2) | 2.7(2) |
| Rape | 62.0(43) | 54.6(38) | 55.8(39) | 59.2(42) | 46.5(34) |
| Robbery | 18.7(13) | 7.2(5) | 11.5(8) | 9.9(7) | 12.3(9) |
| Aggravated assault | 90.8(63) | 74.7(52) | 67.3(47) | 93.1(66) | 106.8(78) |
| Property crime | 2539.9(1,762) | 2245.3(1,562) | 2029.8(1,418) | 1943.8(1,378) | 1757.5(1,284) |
| Burglary | 315.7(219) | 313.4(218) | 146.0(102) | 255.3(181) | 146.5(107) |
| Larceny | 2084.4(1,446) | 1802.5(1,254) | 1744.9(1,219) | 1584.1(1,123) | 1526.1(1,115) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 122.5(85) | 117.9(82) | 128.8(90) | 100.2(71) | 78.0(57) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Eau Claire, 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 Eau Claire 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 Eau Claire calculated?
- Eau Claire'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 Eau Claire 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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