Photo: Downspec · CC BY-SA 4.0Recorded crime in Hayward, without a grade
For 2023–2025, the FBI has no crime figures for Hayward itself, so it has no Safety Grade. The closest Safety Grade belongs to Hayward: D.
The nearest Wisconsin towns with a Safety Grade
Straight-line distance from the center of Hayward. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Hayward.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Two people died in crashes on Hayward’s roads in 2019–2023
Hayward had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died.
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 Hayward’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Hayward’s own rate (10.4) 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.
Hayward and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bass Lake | — | — | — |
| Hayward (city) | D | 5.5 | 22.4 |
| Lenroot | — | — | — |
| Round Lake | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Bass Lake, Lenroot and Round Lake 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 Hayward
Is Hayward, WI safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Hayward. Hayward 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 Hayward (D, 4 mi), Spooner (B−, 26 mi), Rice Lake (C, 38 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Hayward.
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.