Stoughton, WI Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Stoughton, WI Summary

Crime in Stoughton research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Stoughton 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 Stoughton:

  • There were 191 total crimes committed in Stoughton the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,475.1 total crimes per 100K people in Stoughton.
  • The overall crime rate in Stoughton is -36.53% below the national average.
  • Stoughton ranks #240 safest out of 336 cities in Wisconsin.
  • Stoughton ranks #5,243 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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Stoughton Vs Wisconsin And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Stoughton is 1,475.1 per 100,000 people. That's -36.53% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -18.46% lower than the Wisconsin total crime rate of 1,809.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Stoughton
/ 100k People
Wisconsin
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 191 1,475.1 1,809.0 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.3 6.3
Robbery 0 0.0 52.8 66.1
Aggravated Assault 13 100.4 230.6 268.2
Violent Crime 14 108.1 323.4 369.8
Burglary 18 139.0 218.5 269.8
Larceny 148 1,143.0 1,106.1 1,401.9
Car Theft 11 85.0 161.0 282.7
Property Crime 177 1,367.0 1,485.7 1,954.4

Stoughton 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 Stoughton

14
Violent Crimes
108.1
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-70.76%
Below The National Average
  • There were 14 violent crimes in Stoughton in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Stoughton is 108.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 924.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Stoughton each year. That compares to a 1 in 309.2 chance statewide.
  • That's -70.76% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -66.56% lower than the Wisconsin violent crime rate of 323.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Stoughton

177
Property Crimes
1,367.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
-30.05%
Below The National Average
  • There were 177 property crimes in Stoughton in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Stoughton is 1,367.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 73.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Stoughton each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -30.05% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -7.99% lower than the Wisconsin property crime rate of 1,485.7 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Stoughton

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Madison, WI 269,546 7,269 2,696.8 2,396.3 300.5
Sun Prairie, WI 36,153 654 1,809.0 1,535.1 273.8
Fitchburg, WI 31,796 519 1,632.3 1,324.1 308.2
Middleton, WI 23,346 240 1,028.0 946.6 81.4
Verona, WI 14,413 127 881.1 825.6 55.5
Fort Atkinson, WI 12,432 150 1,206.6 900.9 305.7
Oregon, WI 11,538 82 710.7 624.0 86.7
McFarland, WI 9,555 91 952.4 847.7 104.7
Monona, WI 8,920 310 3,475.3 3,329.6 145.7
Cottage Grove, WI 7,328 14 191.0 150.1 40.9

Stoughton SnackAbility

9
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
8
Affordability
8
Diversity
4
Safety
8
Amenities
8.5
Education
8.5
Commute
7
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