Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Port Washington, WI Crime Grade
How Port Washington 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
1/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Wisconsin
1/10
vs. Wisconsin cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Port Washington, WI was 38.8 per 100,000 residents (5 incidents over a population of 12,888). That puts Port Washington 89% below the U.S. rate of 364.7 and 87% below the Wisconsin statewide rate of 287.6.
That ranks Port Washington #344 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 91% of them, and #7 of 89 in Wisconsin. Violent crime is up 67% year over year and down 48% over the last five years.
Port Washington, WI crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (1/10)
- Wisconsin Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 38.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #344 of 3,771
- WI rank
- #7 of 89
- Safer than
- 91% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 67%
- 5-year change
- down 48%
- Population
- 12,888
- Reporting agency
- Port Washington Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Port Washington Police Department (FBI ORI WI0460200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Port Washington, WI
Also known as
- Sauk Washington
- Sauk Harbor
- Washington
- Wisconsin City
- The Little City of Seven Hills
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. Port Washington (red), Wisconsin (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Port Washington 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 | 75.1(9) | 49.4(6) | 38.9(5) | 23.2(3) | 38.8(5) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 25.0(3) | 16.5(2) | 15.5(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 50.1(6) | 32.9(4) | 23.3(3) | 23.2(3) | 38.8(5) |
| Property crime | 717.7(86) | 757.4(92) | 512.9(66) | 386.4(50) | 605.2(78) |
| Burglary | 25.0(3) | 32.9(4) | 46.6(6) | 15.5(2) | 23.3(3) |
| Larceny | 651.0(78) | 650.4(79) | 458.5(59) | 371.0(48) | 527.6(68) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 41.7(5) | 65.9(8) | 7.8(1) | 0.0(0) | 54.3(7) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Port Washington, 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 Port Washington 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 Port Washington calculated?
- Port Washington'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 Port Washington 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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