Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0The police behind Butte des Morts’s crime figures
There are 4 graded towns within 10 miles. For a graded neighbor, the nearest is Winneconne (A), 3 miles away. Butte des Morts has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Winnebago County. The Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Butte des Morts alone, and no Safety Grade.
What stands out about safety in Butte des Morts
Policed by the county
Butte des Morts is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Butte des Morts. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Wisconsin towns with their own police figures are Winneconne (A, 3 mi), Omro (A−, 6 mi), Oshkosh (C+, 7 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Butte des Morts. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Winnebago County without police of their own, which include Butte des Morts.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office
Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
The nearest Wisconsin towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winneconne | A | 3 mi | 0.5 | 2.7 |
| Omro | A− | 6 mi | 0.9 | 5.2 |
| Oshkosh | C+ | 7 mi | 2.5 | 14.6 |
| Neenah | B− | 10 mi | 1.6 | 10.8 |
| Fox Crossing | A− | 12 mi | 0.8 | 6.7 |
| Menasha | B | 14 mi | 1.8 | 7.5 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Butte des Morts. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Butte des Morts.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
No one died in a crash on Butte des Morts’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what 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 Butte des Morts’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Butte des Morts’s own rate (0.0) 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.
Butte des Morts and its neighbors
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Vinland and Oshkosh 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 Butte des Morts
Is Butte des Morts, WI safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Butte des Morts. The nearest Wisconsin towns with a grade are Winneconne (A, 3 mi), Omro (A−, 6 mi), Oshkosh (C+, 7 mi).
Who polices Butte des Morts?
The Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office. Butte des Morts is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Winnebago County without police of their own.
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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.