Photo: RyanRetza · CC BY-SA 4.0Grand Chute records more crime per resident than nine in ten U.S. towns
It grades D for safety on crimes Grand Chute’s police reported from 2023 to 2025: #171 of 175 graded towns in Wisconsin. Its police logs show 2.3 violent crimes and 41.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the rest of Wisconsin the numbers are 3.6 and 14.8. The rate the grade counts dropped 29% from 2023 to 2025. Both towns next door with figures record less crime per resident.
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 Grand Chute
2 of the 2 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 7 Wisconsin towns on Grand Chute’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Fox Crossing (A−), Appleton (C+). Little Chute, Greenville, Center, Vandenbroek and Freedom have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
A college town
Grand Chute is home to Fox Valley Technical College, with 8,892 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 6% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
A job center
Grand Chute has 24,848 jobs based in town for 24,579 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
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 Grand Chute’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 higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.3) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Grand Chute property | Rest of Wisconsin property | Grand Chute violent | Rest of Wisconsin violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 42.7 | 18.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 47.2 | 15.8 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 44.1 | 15.3 | 2.3 | 3.8 |
| 2025 | 32.7 | 13.4 | 2.2 | 3.2 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
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.
Crime in Grand Chute per 1,000 residents
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.
And about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Grand Chute | Rest of Wisconsin | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.2 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Grand Chute’s police reported 167 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.3 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.6 in the rest of Wisconsin and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
873 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
56 violent and 817 property, as reported to the FBI by Grand Chute’s police.
Three people died in crashes on Grand Chute’s roads in 2019–2023
Grand Chute had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died. Most of these deaths (2 of 3) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is about what 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 Grand Chute’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Grand Chute’s own rate (2.5) 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.
Grand Chute and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Chute | D | 2.3 | 41.2 |
| Appleton | C+ | 2.2 | 12.3 |
| Little Chute | — | — | — |
| Fox Crossing | A− | 0.8 | 6.7 |
| Greenville | — | — | — |
| Center | — | — | — |
| Vandenbroek | — | — | — |
| Freedom | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Little Chute, Greenville, Center, Vandenbroek and Freedom have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Wisconsin towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Chute | D | 2.3 | 41.2 |
| Caledonia | A | 0.6 | 4.3 |
| Mequon | A− | 0.4 | 5.5 |
| De Pere | A− | 0.7 | 5.5 |
| Muskego | B+ | 0.4 | 8.7 |
| Middleton | B | 1.1 | 8.8 |
The five graded Wisconsin towns closest to Grand Chute’s population (24,579), by grade.
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.
- One number for all of Grand Chute. 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 Grand Chute’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (24,998 in 2025); our figure for Grand Chute is 24,579 (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 Grand Chute
Is Grand Chute, WI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Grand Chute reports more crime per resident than 90% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #171 of 175 in Wisconsin. Its police reported 2.3 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 Grand Chute?
2.3 violent and 41.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Wisconsin reports 3.6 and 14.8; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Grand Chute safer than Appleton?
Appleton reports less crime per resident than Grand Chute: Appleton grades C+ for safety and Grand Chute D. Appleton’s police reported 2.2 violent and 12.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Grand Chute?
Grand Chute’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Grand Chute”. 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.