What is the crime rate for ZIP code 54720?

The FBI does not publish crime data by ZIP code, and for Eau Claire County, WI (the county containing ZIP 54720) agencies did not report complete 2024 data to the UCR Program. The county figures shown cover only the agencies that submitted, so no meaningful crime rate can be stated for this area. Low reported counts here indicate missing reports, not an absence of crime.

What county is ZIP code 54720 in?

ZIP code 54720 is located in Eau Claire County, WI.

ZIP code profile · 2024 county data

ZIP Code 54720

Eau Claire County, Wisconsin: Census demographics for this ZIP plus the containing county's FBI UCR crime rate.

Compiled by PlainCrime

Data updated 2026-08-24

8,863
Population (ZIP): 5
Violent rate /100K (county): 94
Property rate /100K (county)

Is ZIP code 54720 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 54720 sits within Eau Claire County, WI, in which law-enforcement agencies did not report complete 2024 data to the FBI UCR Program. The county figures below cover only the agencies that submitted, so they are not a measure of crime in this area and no comparison to the national average is drawn from them.

ZIP 54720 carries a Census-reported population of 8,863, ranking #3 of 7 ZIPs in Eau Claire County, spread across 4.75 square miles (about 1,866 people per square mile). For a full breakdown of Eau Claire County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Eau Claire County crime page linked below.

ZIP 54720 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). Figures above use the Eau Claire County proxy where reported; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.

ZIP 54720 Census context

These are ZIP/ZCTA demographic estimates, separate from the county-level FBI proxy above. They describe the local settlement, not a crime rate.

Median household income: $77,567
Median age: 37.4 years
Owner-occupied homes: 58%
Occupied homes: 3,663

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 5-year ZCTA estimates (income, age, and occupied housing tenure).

ZIP 54720 settlement vs Eau Claire County

ZIP 54720 itself is about 1,866 people per Census sq mi across 4.8 sq mi (8,863 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.

ZIP 54720 accounts for roughly 8.4% of the county reporting population (8,863 of 105,710).

Eau Claire County's 2024 UCR book concentrates in larceny-theft (66% of 104 offenses; mix index 4,920). ZIP 54720 inherits that county mix, not a postal-native split.

Settlement lines use Census ZCTA figures only; incomplete county agency coverage blocks any UCR mix or rate desk for this ZIP.

Nationwide peers for ZIP 54720

Similar county violent rate (~5/100K)

ZIP 14209, NY · 4.7/100K · Erie County
ZIP 30106, GA · 4.7/100K · Cobb County
ZIP 41858, KY · 4.6/100K · Letcher County
ZIP 43351, OH · 4.6/100K · Wyandot County

Similar Census population (~8,863)

ZIP 78101, TX · 8,863 pop · Δ0
ZIP 23168, VA · 8,861 pop · Δ2
ZIP 97205, OR · 8,861 pop · Δ2
ZIP 50273, IA · 8,866 pop · Δ3

County detail: Eau Claire County · State atlas: Wisconsin

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ZIP population, land area, 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file, ACS 5-year estimates) and FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10 (county-level crime, attributed via ZIP-to-county crosswalk).

Verify with Census.gov Geography and FBI.gov UCR.

Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Every figure on PlainCrime is rendered directly from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page combines Census ZIP-level figures with a ZIP-to-county crosswalk to attribute FBI UCR crime data honestly, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.