Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Sheboygan, WI Crime Grade
How Sheboygan 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 Sheboygan, WI was 367.4 per 100,000 residents (182 incidents over a population of 49,537). That puts Sheboygan Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 56% above the Wisconsin statewide rate of 235.9.
That ranks Sheboygan #2,915 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 23% of them, and #84 of 89 in Wisconsin. Violent crime is down 15% year over year and up 2% over the last five years.
Sheboygan, WI crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Wisconsin Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 367.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,915 of 3,771
- WI rank
- #84 of 89
- Safer than
- 23% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 15%
- 5-year change
- up 2%
- Population
- 49,537
- Reporting agency
- Sheboygan Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Sheboygan Police Department (FBI ORI WI0600200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Sheboygan, WI
Also known as
- Chair City
- Sheboyegan
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. Sheboygan (red), Wisconsin (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Sheboygan 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 | 360.8(172) | 336.6(168) | 350.0(174) | 433.4(215) | 367.4(182) |
| Murder | 2.1(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 4.0(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 113.3(54) | 94.2(47) | 96.6(48) | 104.8(52) | 62.6(31) |
| Robbery | 10.5(5) | 22.0(11) | 12.1(6) | 6.0(3) | 22.2(11) |
| Aggravated assault | 235.0(112) | 220.4(110) | 241.4(120) | 318.5(158) | 282.6(140) |
| Property crime | 1449.6(691) | 1414.3(706) | 1253.3(623) | 1292.1(641) | 1189.0(589) |
| Burglary | 178.3(85) | 132.2(66) | 118.7(59) | 88.7(44) | 46.4(23) |
| Larceny | 1189.5(567) | 1204.0(601) | 1088.4(541) | 1157.0(574) | 1096.2(543) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 71.3(34) | 58.1(29) | 42.2(21) | 42.3(21) | 42.4(21) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Sheboygan, 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 Sheboygan 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 Sheboygan calculated?
- Sheboygan'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 Sheboygan 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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