West Bend, WI carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 32% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, West Bend, WI shows violent crime at 237.9 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,170.7 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 32% 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
237.9/100K violent
1170.7/100K property
-32% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for West Bend, WI
Comparable rate records
West Bend's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Wisconsin cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to West Bend's 237.9 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Antigo (239.4), Fort Atkinson (236.3), Poynette (235.8), Ashwaubenon (235.4). 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
West Bend reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Wisconsin cities
At 237.9 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, West Bend ranks 39 of 222 — above 183 of the 221 other Wisconsin cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +122.2% 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.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 16.9% of the 450 Part I offenses reported in West Bend for 2024, against a median of 12.0% across comparable Wisconsin cities — a gap of 4.8 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window close to where it started
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 240.5 per 100,000 in 2020 to 237.9 in 2024 (-1.1%). The highest observed value was 335.9 in 2023 and the lowest 161.9 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate West Bend'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.
West Bend's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 15.6 Census sq mi, West Bend logged 24 property and 4.9 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
West Bend's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (77% of 450 offenses; mix index 6,211).
Violent offenses are 17% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (15.6 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
-29.2%
335.9 → 237.9/100K
Property Crime Rate
-23.7%
1533.9 → 1170.7/100K
Property offenses lead West Bend's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
374
1170.7
1711
Larceny-Theft
348
1089.3
-
Burglary
13
40.7
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
13
40.7
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
76
237.9
352
Aggravated Assault
65
203.5
-
Rape
10
31.3
-
Robbery
1
3.1
-
Murder
0
0
-
West Bend Crime Trend (2020-2024)
West Bend 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
West Bend Police Department
Reporting agency for West Bend NIBRS-participating
West Bend Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind West Bend's 450 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 West Bend in population. Their populations run from 26,310 to 36,919, against 31,947 here. Or use our
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West Bend at 237.9/100K violent and 1,170.7/100K property - matched below outside Wisconsin (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, West Bend reported 76 violent crimes and 374 property crimes, for a total of 450 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in West Bend?
From 2023 to 2024, West Bend's violent crime rate decreased by 29.2%, and the property crime rate decreased by 23.7%.
What is the most common crime in West Bend?
The most common crime type in West Bend is larceny-theft, accounting for 77.3% of all reported crimes (348 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: West Bend 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 West Bend, WI rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.