Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Verona, WI Crime Grade
How Verona 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 2025, the violent crime rate in Verona, WI was 28.4 per 100,000 residents (5 incidents over a population of 17,623). That puts Verona 91% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 88% below the Wisconsin statewide rate of 235.9.
That ranks Verona #222 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 94% of them, and #3 of 89 in Wisconsin. Violent crime is down 48% year over year and down 70% over the last five years.
Verona, WI crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (1/10)
- Wisconsin Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 28.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #222 of 3,771
- WI rank
- #3 of 89
- Safer than
- 94% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 48%
- 5-year change
- down 70%
- Population
- 17,623
- Reporting agency
- Verona Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Verona Police Department (FBI ORI WI0137600) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Verona, WI
Also known as
- Verona Corners
- The Corners
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. Verona (red), Wisconsin (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Verona 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 | 93.8(13) | 55.5(8) | 54.3(8) | 54.7(9) | 28.4(5) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 43.3(6) | 34.7(5) | 6.8(1) | 12.2(2) | 11.3(2) |
| Robbery | 7.2(1) | 6.9(1) | 0.0(0) | 6.1(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 43.3(6) | 13.9(2) | 47.5(7) | 36.5(6) | 17.0(3) |
| Property crime | 1082.3(150) | 825.6(119) | 603.9(89) | 675.1(111) | 300.7(53) |
| Burglary | 187.6(26) | 111.0(16) | 27.1(4) | 24.3(4) | 5.7(1) |
| Larceny | 844.2(117) | 693.8(100) | 549.6(81) | 620.3(102) | 283.7(50) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 50.5(7) | 20.8(3) | 20.4(3) | 30.4(5) | 11.3(2) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Verona, 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 Verona 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 Verona calculated?
- Verona'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 Verona 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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