Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.0Hartford sees less property crime per resident than 72% of U.S. towns
The crimes the grade counts fell 23% per resident from 2023 to 2025. Add to that, in a usual year, 2.1 violent crimes and 6.4 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the rest of Wisconsin, 3.6 and 15.0. Overall, Hartford grades B for safety (#95 of 175 graded towns in Wisconsin): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 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 Hartford
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 Wisconsin towns on Hartford’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Slinger (B+). Hartford (township) reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025. Rubicon has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Wisconsin towns, closer to the middle
Wisconsin’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Hartford’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 46% of the 175 Wisconsin towns we grade, against 59% 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 Hartford’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds Hartford’s grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (2.1) 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 | Hartford property | Rest of Wisconsin property | Hartford violent | Rest of Wisconsin violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.8 | 18.3 | 2.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 6.2 | 16.0 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 6.9 | 15.5 | 1.3 | 3.8 |
| 2025 | 6.2 | 13.6 | 1.4 | 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Hartford | Rest of Wisconsin | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.3 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Hartford’s police reported 101 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.1 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.6 in the rest of Wisconsin and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Hartford 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 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
122 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.
22 violent and 100 property, as reported to the FBI by Hartford’s police.
No one died in a crash on Hartford’s roads in 2019–2023
That is fewer 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 Hartford’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Hartford’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.
Hartford and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hartford | B | 2.1 | 6.4 |
| Hartford (township) | — | — | — |
| Rubicon | — | — | — |
| Slinger | B+ | 1.3 | 4.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Hartford (township) reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025. Rubicon has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Wisconsin towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hartford | B | 2.1 | 6.4 |
| Waunakee | A | 0.6 | 1.9 |
| Chippewa Falls | B | 2.3 | 5.8 |
| Beaver Dam | B | 1.4 | 10.2 |
| Menomonie | B− | 2.0 | 9.3 |
| Whitewater | B− | 2.6 | 8.0 |
The five graded Wisconsin towns closest to Hartford’s population (16,005), 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 Hartford. 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 Hartford’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (16,065 in 2025); our figure for Hartford is 16,005 (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 Hartford
Is Hartford, WI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Hartford reports less crime per resident than 59% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #95 of 175 in Wisconsin. Its police reported 2.1 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 Hartford?
2.1 violent and 6.4 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 Hartford safer than Slinger?
Slinger reports less crime per resident than Hartford: Slinger grades B+ for safety and Hartford B. Slinger’s police reported 1.3 violent and 4.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Hartford?
Hartford’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Hartford”. 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.