Whitewater, WI carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 43% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Whitewater, WI shows violent crime at 200.3 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 717.4 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 43% 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
200.3/100K violent
717.4/100K property
-43% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Whitewater, WI
Comparable rate records
Whitewater's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Wisconsin cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Whitewater's 200.3 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Merrill (199.9), Appleton (201.6), Augusta (198.8), New Lisbon (198.1). 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
Whitewater sits mid-pack among comparable Wisconsin cities
At 200.3 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Whitewater ranks 58 of 222 — above 164 of the 221 other Wisconsin cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +87.2% 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 21.8% of the 142 Part I offenses reported in Whitewater for 2024, against a median of 12.0% across comparable Wisconsin cities — a gap of 9.8 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 lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 254.1 per 100,000 in 2020 to 200.3 in 2024 (-21.2%). The highest observed value was 259.0 in 2021 and the lowest 188.1 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Whitewater'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.
Whitewater's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 8.8 Census sq mi, Whitewater logged 12.6 property and 3.5 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Whitewater's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (67% of 142 offenses; mix index 4,781).
Violent offenses are 22% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (8.8 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
-25.3%
960.1 → 717.4/100K
Violent Crime Rate
+6.5%
188.1 → 200.3/100K
Property offenses lead Whitewater's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
111
717.4
1711
Larceny-Theft
95
614
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
11
71.1
-
Burglary
5
32.3
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
31
200.3
352
Aggravated Assault
20
129.3
-
Rape
8
51.7
-
Robbery
2
12.9
-
Murder
1
6.5
-
Whitewater Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Whitewater 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
Whitewater Police Department
Reporting agency for Whitewater NIBRS-participating
Whitewater Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Whitewater's 142 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 Whitewater in population. Their populations run from 14,461 to 16,473, against 15,473 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Whitewater reported 31 violent crimes and 111 property crimes, for a total of 142 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Whitewater?
From 2023 to 2024, Whitewater's violent crime rate increased by 6.5%, and the property crime rate decreased by 25.3%.
What is the most common crime in Whitewater?
The most common crime type in Whitewater is larceny-theft, accounting for 66.9% of all reported crimes (95 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Whitewater 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 Whitewater, WI rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.