Baraboo, WI Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Baraboo, WI Summary

Crime in Baraboo research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Baraboo over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Baraboo:

  • There were 224 total crimes committed in Baraboo the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,819.4 total crimes per 100K people in Baraboo.
  • The overall crime rate in Baraboo is -21.72% below the national average.
  • Baraboo ranks #265 safest out of 336 cities in Wisconsin.
  • Baraboo ranks #6,130 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Baraboo Vs Wisconsin And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Baraboo is 1,819.4 per 100,000 people. That's -21.72% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 0.57% higher than the Wisconsin total crime rate of 1,809.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Baraboo
/ 100k People
Wisconsin
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 224 1,819.4 1,809.0 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.3 6.3
Robbery 2 16.2 52.8 66.1
Aggravated Assault 22 178.7 230.6 268.2
Violent Crime 31 251.8 323.4 369.8
Burglary 8 65.0 218.5 269.8
Larceny 170 1,380.8 1,106.1 1,401.9
Car Theft 15 121.8 161.0 282.7
Property Crime 193 1,567.6 1,485.7 1,954.4

Baraboo Crime Compared To Wisconsin Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Wisconsin.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Baraboo

31
Violent Crimes
251.8
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-31.91%
Below The National Average
  • There were 31 violent crimes in Baraboo in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Baraboo is 251.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 397.2 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Baraboo each year. That compares to a 1 in 309.2 chance statewide.
  • That's -31.91% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -22.14% lower than the Wisconsin violent crime rate of 323.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Baraboo

193
Property Crimes
1,567.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
-19.79%
Below The National Average
  • There were 193 property crimes in Baraboo in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Baraboo is 1,567.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 63.8 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Baraboo each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -19.79% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 5.51% higher than the Wisconsin property crime rate of 1,485.7 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Baraboo

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Sun Prairie, WI 36,153 654 1,809.0 1,535.1 273.8
Middleton, WI 23,346 240 1,028.0 946.6 81.4
Waunakee, WI 14,914 53 355.4 295.0 60.3
Verona, WI 14,413 127 881.1 825.6 55.5
Stoughton, WI 12,948 191 1,475.1 1,367.0 108.1
Oregon, WI 11,538 82 710.7 624.0 86.7
Deforest, WI 10,869 134 1,232.9 1,159.3 73.6
McFarland, WI 9,555 91 952.4 847.7 104.7
Mount Horeb, WI 7,687 17 221.2 156.1 65.0
Cottage Grove, WI 7,328 14 191.0 150.1 40.9

Baraboo SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
7/10
Housing
6
Affordability
8
Diversity
5
Safety
N/A
Amenities
8.5
Education
8
Commute
8.5
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