Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Pleasant Prairie, WI Crime Grade
How Pleasant Prairie 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 Pleasant Prairie, WI was 186.9 per 100,000 residents (41 incidents over a population of 21,937). That puts Pleasant Prairie 43% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 21% below the Wisconsin statewide rate of 235.9.
That ranks Pleasant Prairie #1,959 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 48% of them, and #60 of 89 in Wisconsin. Violent crime is down 41% year over year and down 14% over the last five years.
Pleasant Prairie, WI crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- Wisconsin Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 186.9 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,959 of 3,771
- WI rank
- #60 of 89
- Safer than
- 48% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 41%
- 5-year change
- down 14%
- Population
- 21,937
- Reporting agency
- Pleasant Prairie Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Pleasant Prairie Police Department (FBI ORI WI0300800) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Pleasant Prairie (red), Wisconsin (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Pleasant Prairie 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 | 218.2(47) | 275.4(59) | 434.5(96) | 318.5(70) | 186.9(41) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 9.1(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 74.3(16) | 28.0(6) | 27.2(6) | 9.1(2) | 4.6(1) |
| Robbery | 13.9(3) | 9.3(2) | 18.1(4) | 13.6(3) | 4.6(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 130.0(28) | 238.1(51) | 389.2(86) | 286.6(63) | 177.8(39) |
| Property crime | 1225.5(264) | 1013.0(217) | 864.4(191) | 1101.0(242) | 1121.4(246) |
| Burglary | 106.8(23) | 60.7(13) | 40.7(9) | 63.7(14) | 36.5(8) |
| Larceny | 1012.0(218) | 873.0(187) | 778.4(172) | 987.2(217) | 1053.0(231) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 106.8(23) | 70.0(15) | 36.2(8) | 50.0(11) | 27.4(6) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Pleasant Prairie, 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 Pleasant Prairie 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 Pleasant Prairie calculated?
- Pleasant Prairie'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 Pleasant Prairie 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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