Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Sturgeon Bay, WI Crime Grade
How Sturgeon Bay 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 Sturgeon Bay, WI was 149.9 per 100,000 residents (15 incidents over a population of 10,009). That puts Sturgeon Bay 54% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 36% below the Wisconsin statewide rate of 235.9.
That ranks Sturgeon Bay #1,624 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 57% of them, and #53 of 89 in Wisconsin. Violent crime is up 49% year over year and up 124% over the last five years.
Sturgeon Bay, WI crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Wisconsin Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 149.9 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,624 of 3,771
- WI rank
- #53 of 89
- Safer than
- 57% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 49%
- 5-year change
- up 124%
- Population
- 10,009
- Reporting agency
- Sturgeon Bay Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Sturgeon Bay Police Department (FBI ORI WI0150100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Sturgeon Bay, WI
Also known as
- Tehema
- Graham
- Ottumba
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. Sturgeon Bay (red), Wisconsin (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Sturgeon Bay 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 | 66.9(6) | 82.0(8) | 92.0(9) | 100.7(10) | 149.9(15) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 10.1(1) | 30.0(3) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 10.1(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 66.9(6) | 82.0(8) | 92.0(9) | 80.6(8) | 119.9(12) |
| Property crime | 791.5(71) | 686.6(67) | 746.4(73) | 664.8(66) | 589.5(59) |
| Burglary | 44.6(4) | 41.0(4) | 20.4(2) | 10.1(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Larceny | 735.8(66) | 625.1(61) | 633.9(62) | 604.4(60) | 559.5(56) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 11.1(1) | 20.5(2) | 92.0(9) | 50.4(5) | 30.0(3) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Sturgeon Bay, 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 Sturgeon Bay 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 Sturgeon Bay calculated?
- Sturgeon Bay'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 Sturgeon Bay 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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