Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.0Crime reported in Arlington, WI
Within a 25-mile drive lie 16 towns that have a grade. No FBI crime figures of its own exist for Arlington for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade. DeForest is the only graded town within 10 miles.
The nearest Wisconsin towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeForest | B+ | 8 mi | 1.1 | 7.7 |
| Waunakee | A | 11 mi | 0.6 | 1.9 |
| Sun Prairie | B− | 14 mi | 1.6 | 12.8 |
| Portage | C+ | 15 mi | 1.3 | 16.5 |
| Maple Bluff | D− | 15 mi | 16.4 | 12.6 |
| Middleton | B | 16 mi | 1.1 | 8.8 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Arlington. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Arlington.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Eight people died in crashes on Arlington’s roads in 2019–2023
Arlington had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which eight people died. Most of these deaths (5 of 8) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is more than is typical for Wisconsin towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (6.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Arlington’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Arlington’s own rate (198.3) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Arlington and its neighbors
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Poynette reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. Vienna and Dekorra have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Arlington
Is Arlington, WI safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Arlington. Arlington has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest Wisconsin towns with a grade are DeForest (B+, 8 mi), Waunakee (A, 11 mi), Sun Prairie (B−, 14 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Arlington.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.