Photo: Downspec · CC BY-SA 4.0Reported crime per resident in Beaver Dam fell 40% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Beaver Dam grades B for safety (#99 of 175 graded towns in Wisconsin): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of WI” is every other Wisconsin city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Beaver Dam
Among Wisconsin towns, closer to the middle
Wisconsin’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Beaver Dam’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 43% of the 175 Wisconsin towns we grade, against 56% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Beaver Dam’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Reported crime is falling
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Wisconsin.
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| Year | Beaver Dam property | Rest of Wisconsin property | Beaver Dam violent | Rest of Wisconsin violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6.8 | 18.2 | 1.6 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 12.5 | 16.0 | 1.3 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 11.2 | 15.5 | 1.5 | 3.8 |
| 2025 | 6.8 | 13.6 | 1.5 | 3.2 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Beaver Dam’s police reported 71 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.4 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.6 in the rest of Wisconsin and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Beaver Dam | Rest of Wisconsin | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.6 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.3 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.5 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 7 property crimes reported
And about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
137 crimes reported in 2025
25 violent and 112 property, as reported to the FBI by Beaver Dam’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Seven people died in crashes on Beaver Dam’s roads in 2019–2023
Beaver Dam had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which seven people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is more than is typical for Wisconsin towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (3.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Beaver Dam’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Beaver Dam’s own rate (8.5) 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.
Beaver Dam and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Dam | B | 1.4 | 10.2 |
| Beaver Dam (township) | — | — | — |
| Trenton | — | — | — |
| Westford | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Beaver Dam (township), Trenton and Westford have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Wisconsin towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Dam | B | 1.4 | 10.2 |
| Waunakee | A | 0.6 | 1.9 |
| Verona | A | 0.4 | 5.1 |
| Hartford | B | 2.1 | 6.4 |
| Menomonie | B− | 2.0 | 9.3 |
| Whitewater | B− | 2.6 | 8.0 |
The five graded Wisconsin towns closest to Beaver Dam’s population (16,542), by grade.
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.
- One number for all of Beaver Dam. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Beaver Dam’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (16,376 in 2025); our figure for Beaver Dam is 16,542 (2025 Census estimate).
- 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 Beaver Dam
Is Beaver Dam, WI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Beaver Dam reports less crime per resident than 56% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #99 of 175 in Wisconsin. Its police reported 1.4 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.6 in the rest of Wisconsin and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Beaver Dam?
1.4 violent and 10.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Wisconsin reports 3.6 and 15.0; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Beaver Dam?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
Who polices Beaver Dam?
Beaver Dam’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Beaver Dam”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, 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.