Menasha, WI carries a PlainCrime A safety grade with violent crime 50% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Menasha, WI shows violent crime at 177.7 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 882.9 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 50% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade A from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
A safety grade
177.7/100K violent
882.9/100K property
-50% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Menasha, WI
Comparable rate records
Menasha's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Wisconsin cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Menasha's 177.7 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Ashland (177.9), Fox Valley Metro (176.8), Ripon (180.9), Fennimore (181.4). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
Position in the state cohort
Menasha sits mid-pack among comparable Wisconsin cities
At 177.7 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Menasha ranks 70 of 222 — above 152 of the 221 other Wisconsin cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +66.0% against the cohort median of 107.1. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 234.5 per 100,000 in 2020 to 177.7 in 2024 (-24.2%). The highest observed value was 234.5 in 2020 and the lowest 139.1 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 16.8% of the 191 Part I offenses reported in Menasha for 2024, against a median of 12.0% across comparable Wisconsin cities — a gap of 4.7 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
Property counts dominate Menasha's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Menasha's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 6 Census sq mi, Menasha logged 26.3 property and 5.3 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Menasha's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (76% of 191 offenses; mix index 5,985).
Violent offenses are 17% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (6 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-21.3%
225.9 → 177.7/100K
Property Crime Rate
-10.1%
982.5 → 882.9/100K
Property offenses lead Menasha's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
159
882.9
1711
Larceny-Theft
145
805.2
-
Burglary
7
38.9
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
7
38.9
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
32
177.7
352
Aggravated Assault
26
144.4
-
Rape
6
33.3
-
Murder
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Menasha Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Menasha property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Menasha Police Department
Reporting agency for Menasha NIBRS-participating
Menasha Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Menasha's 191 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Wisconsin
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Wisconsin cities closest to Menasha in population. Their populations run from 17,171 to 18,926, against 18,008 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Menasha reported 32 violent crimes and 159 property crimes, for a total of 191 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Menasha?
From 2023 to 2024, Menasha's violent crime rate decreased by 21.3%, and the property crime rate decreased by 10.1%.
What is the most common crime in Menasha?
The most common crime type in Menasha is larceny-theft, accounting for 75.9% of all reported crimes (145 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Menasha figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Menasha, WI rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.