Photo: Asher Heimermann · CC BY-SA 4.0Kohler reports less violent crime than most U.S. towns, but more property crime
Overall, Kohler grades C+ for safety: more crime per resident than 65% 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 Kohler
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 4 Wisconsin towns on Kohler’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Sheboygan Falls (B+), Sheboygan (C). Sheboygan (township) and Wilson have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Kohler has 5,908 jobs based in town for 2,272 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 Kohler’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Kohler’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
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 | Kohler property | Rest of Wisconsin property | Kohler violent | Rest of Wisconsin violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 31.1 | 18.2 | 0.5 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 30.0 | 16.0 | 0.0 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 28.0 | 15.4 | 0.0 | 3.8 |
| 2025 | 17.9 | 13.5 | 0.0 | 3.2 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 18 property crimes reported
And no 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.
41 crimes reported in 2025
0 violent and 41 property, as reported to the FBI by Kohler’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Kohler’s police reported 0 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.0 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 | Kohler | Rest of Wisconsin | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Five people died in crashes on Kohler’s roads in 2019–2023
Kohler had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died. Most of these deaths (3 of 5) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is more than 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 Kohler’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Kohler’s own rate (46.0) 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.
Kohler and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kohler | C+ | 0.0 | 25.2 |
| Sheboygan (township) | — | — | — |
| Wilson | — | — | — |
| Sheboygan Falls | B+ | 0.7 | 7.5 |
| Sheboygan (city) | C | 3.8 | 12.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Sheboygan (township) and Wilson have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Wisconsin towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kohler | C+ | 0.0 | 25.2 |
| Winneconne | A | 0.5 | 2.7 |
| Clinton | B+ | 1.2 | 6.6 |
| Wautoma | B | 0.4 | 14.1 |
| Spooner | B− | 1.6 | 12.5 |
| Shorewood Hills | C | 2.2 | 17.8 |
The five graded Wisconsin towns closest to Kohler’s population (2,272), 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 Kohler. 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 Kohler’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (2,296 in 2025); our figure for Kohler is 2,272 (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 Kohler
Is Kohler, WI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Kohler reports more crime per resident than 65% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade. Its police reported 0.0 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 Kohler?
0.0 violent and 25.2 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 Kohler?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Kohler safer than Sheboygan Falls?
Sheboygan Falls reports less crime per resident than Kohler: Sheboygan Falls grades B+ for safety and Kohler C+. Sheboygan Falls’s police reported 0.7 violent and 7.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Kohler?
Kohler’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Kohler”. 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.