Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Superior, WI Crime Grade
How Superior 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
8/10
vs. Wisconsin cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Superior, WI was 220.4 per 100,000 residents (58 incidents over a population of 26,310). That puts Superior Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 23% below the Wisconsin statewide rate of 287.6.
That ranks Superior #2,196 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 42% of them, and #68 of 89 in Wisconsin. Violent crime is up 4% year over year and up 16% over the last five years.
Superior, WI crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- Wisconsin Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 220.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,196 of 3,771
- WI rank
- #68 of 89
- Safer than
- 42% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 4%
- 5-year change
- up 16%
- Population
- 26,310
- Reporting agency
- Superior Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Superior Police Department (FBI ORI WI0160100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Superior, WI
Also known as
- Gete-oodenaang
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. Superior (red), Wisconsin (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Superior 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 | 189.6(49) | 206.8(54) | 215.7(57) | 212.9(56) | 220.4(58) |
| Murder | 7.7(2) | 0.0(0) | 3.8(1) | 3.8(1) | 3.8(1) |
| Rape | 23.2(6) | 45.9(12) | 71.9(19) | 45.6(12) | 53.2(14) |
| Robbery | 38.7(10) | 26.8(7) | 11.4(3) | 7.6(2) | 11.4(3) |
| Aggravated assault | 119.9(31) | 134.0(35) | 128.6(34) | 155.8(41) | 152.0(40) |
| Property crime | 3935.0(1,017) | 3093.8(808) | 2402.7(635) | 2178.0(573) | 2227.3(586) |
| Burglary | 642.3(166) | 306.3(80) | 211.9(56) | 254.7(67) | 186.2(49) |
| Larceny | 2913.5(753) | 2408.4(629) | 1952.4(516) | 1767.5(465) | 1866.2(491) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 367.6(95) | 367.6(96) | 227.0(60) | 148.2(39) | 171.0(45) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Superior, 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 Superior 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 Superior calculated?
- Superior'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 Superior 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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