Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Kaukauna, WI Crime Grade
How Kaukauna 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 Kaukauna, WI was 139.1 per 100,000 residents (26 incidents over a population of 18,685). That puts Kaukauna 57% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 41% below the Wisconsin statewide rate of 235.9.
That ranks Kaukauna #1,524 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 60% of them, and #50 of 89 in Wisconsin. Violent crime is up 36% year over year and up 35% over the last five years.
Kaukauna, WI crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Wisconsin Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 139.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,524 of 3,771
- WI rank
- #50 of 89
- Safer than
- 60% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 36%
- 5-year change
- up 35%
- Population
- 18,685
- Reporting agency
- Kaukauna Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Kaukauna Police Department (FBI ORI WI0450200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Kaukauna, WI
Also known as
- Kakaling
- Okakaning
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. Kaukauna (red), Wisconsin (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Kaukauna 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 | 103.4(17) | 81.0(14) | 102.8(18) | 102.1(18) | 139.1(26) |
| Murder | 6.1(1) | 5.8(1) | 5.7(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 36.5(6) | 28.9(5) | 40.0(7) | 34.0(6) | 42.8(8) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 5.8(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 60.8(10) | 40.5(7) | 57.1(10) | 68.1(12) | 96.3(18) |
| Property crime | 863.5(142) | 925.5(160) | 777.0(136) | 692.3(122) | 567.3(106) |
| Burglary | 73.0(12) | 295.0(51) | 102.8(18) | 28.4(5) | 48.2(9) |
| Larceny | 729.7(120) | 584.2(101) | 662.7(116) | 635.6(112) | 487.0(91) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 60.8(10) | 46.3(8) | 11.4(2) | 28.4(5) | 32.1(6) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Kaukauna, 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 Kaukauna 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 Kaukauna calculated?
- Kaukauna'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 Kaukauna 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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