Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Fort Atkinson, WI Crime Grade
How Fort Atkinson 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
7/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Wisconsin
8/10
vs. Wisconsin cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Fort Atkinson, WI was 236.3 per 100,000 residents (29 incidents over a population of 12,274). That puts Fort Atkinson 35% below the U.S. rate of 364.7 and 18% below the Wisconsin statewide rate of 287.6.
That ranks Fort Atkinson #2,295 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 39% of them, and #71 of 89 in Wisconsin. Violent crime is roughly flat year over year and up 28% over the last five years.
Fort Atkinson, WI crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Wisconsin Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 236.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,295 of 3,771
- WI rank
- #71 of 89
- Safer than
- 39% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- roughly flat
- 5-year change
- up 28%
- Population
- 12,274
- Reporting agency
- Fort Atkinson Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Fort Atkinson Police Department (FBI ORI WI0280100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Fort Atkinson, WI
Also known as
- Fort Koshkonong
- Fort Coscong
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. Fort Atkinson (red), Wisconsin (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Fort Atkinson vs. U.S., 2024 — 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 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 185.1(23) | 121.3(15) | 305.7(38) | 235.1(29) | 236.3(29) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 8.1(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 88.5(11) | 24.3(3) | 24.1(3) | 56.8(7) | 81.5(10) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 16.1(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 96.6(12) | 88.9(11) | 265.4(33) | 178.4(22) | 154.8(19) |
| Property crime | 1368.2(170) | 881.2(109) | 900.9(112) | 948.7(117) | 757.7(93) |
| Burglary | 136.8(17) | 97.0(12) | 80.4(10) | 56.8(7) | 57.0(7) |
| Larceny | 1167.0(145) | 695.2(86) | 788.3(98) | 867.6(107) | 676.2(83) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 64.4(8) | 80.8(10) | 32.2(4) | 24.3(3) | 24.4(3) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Fort Atkinson, 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 Fort Atkinson 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 Fort Atkinson calculated?
- Fort Atkinson'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 Fort Atkinson 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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