Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Fond du Lac, WI Crime Grade
How Fond du Lac 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
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Wisconsin
10/10
vs. Wisconsin cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Fond du Lac, WI was 394.0 per 100,000 residents (175 incidents over a population of 44,418). That puts Fond du Lac Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 67% above the Wisconsin statewide rate of 235.9.
That ranks Fond du Lac #2,997 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 21% of them, and #85 of 89 in Wisconsin. Violent crime is up 2% year over year and up 36% over the last five years.
Fond du Lac, WI crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Wisconsin Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 394.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,997 of 3,771
- WI rank
- #85 of 89
- Safer than
- 21% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 2%
- 5-year change
- up 36%
- Population
- 44,418
- Reporting agency
- Fond du Lac Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Fond du Lac Police Department (FBI ORI WI0200100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Fond du Lac, WI
Also known as
- Wanikamiu
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. Fond du Lac (red), Wisconsin (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Fond du Lac 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 | 289.4(125) | 302.6(135) | 346.5(153) | 387.2(171) | 394.0(175) |
| Murder | 4.6(2) | 6.7(3) | 4.5(2) | 2.3(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 50.9(22) | 74.0(33) | 83.8(37) | 67.9(30) | 63.0(28) |
| Robbery | 20.8(9) | 11.2(5) | 13.6(6) | 29.4(13) | 24.8(11) |
| Aggravated assault | 213.0(92) | 210.7(94) | 244.6(108) | 287.6(127) | 306.2(136) |
| Property crime | 1604.4(693) | 1667.7(744) | 1589.7(702) | 2123.9(938) | 1780.8(791) |
| Burglary | 111.1(48) | 96.4(43) | 120.0(53) | 92.8(41) | 54.0(24) |
| Larceny | 1405.3(607) | 1481.6(661) | 1410.8(623) | 1967.7(869) | 1681.8(747) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 83.3(36) | 85.2(38) | 54.4(24) | 56.6(25) | 42.8(19) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Fond du Lac, 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 Fond du Lac 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 Fond du Lac calculated?
- Fond du Lac'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 Fond du Lac 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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