Neenah, WI carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 56% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Neenah, WI shows violent crime at 156.5 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,142.6 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 56% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
B safety grade
156.5/100K violent
1142.6/100K property
-56% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Neenah, WI
Comparable rate records
Neenah's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Wisconsin cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Neenah's 156.5 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Algoma (155.9), South Milwaukee (158.6), Eau Claire (162.2), Stevens Point (162.9). 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 223.6 per 100,000 in 2020 to 156.5 in 2024 (-30.0%). The highest observed value was 238.2 in 2022 and the lowest 156.5 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Neenah sits mid-pack among comparable Wisconsin cities
At 156.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Neenah ranks 77 of 222 — above 145 of the 221 other Wisconsin cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +46.2% 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.
Property counts dominate Neenah'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.
Neenah's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 9.6 Census sq mi, Neenah logged 32.7 property and 4.5 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Neenah's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (78% of 357 offenses; mix index 6,241).
Violent offenses are only 12% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (9.6 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
-8.9%
171.8 → 156.5/100K
Property Crime Rate
-4.7%
1198.9 → 1142.6/100K
Property offenses lead Neenah's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
314
1142.6
1711
Larceny-Theft
279
1015.3
-
Burglary
27
98.3
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
8
29.1
-
Arson
1
3.6
-
Violent Crime
43
156.5
352
Aggravated Assault
26
94.6
-
Rape
15
54.6
-
Robbery
2
7.3
-
Murder
0
0
-
Neenah Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Neenah 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
Neenah Police Department
Reporting agency for Neenah NIBRS-participating
Neenah Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Neenah's 357 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 Neenah in population. Their populations run from 24,397 to 27,731, against 27,480 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Neenah reported 43 violent crimes and 314 property crimes, for a total of 357 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Neenah?
From 2023 to 2024, Neenah's violent crime rate decreased by 8.9%, and the property crime rate decreased by 4.7%.
What is the most common crime in Neenah?
The most common crime type in Neenah is larceny-theft, accounting for 78.2% of all reported crimes (279 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Neenah 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 Neenah, WI rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.