Louis Smith Tainter House · Photo: Bobak Ha'Eri · CC BY 3.0The crimes the grade counts fell 44% per resident in Menomonie from 2023 to 2025
For every 1,000 residents, 2.0 violent crimes and 9.3 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the rest of Wisconsin, the figures are 3.6 and 15.0. Overall, it grades B− for safety (#109 of 175 graded towns in Wisconsin).
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 Menomonie
Among Wisconsin towns, closer to the middle
Wisconsin’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Menomonie’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 38% of the 175 Wisconsin towns we grade, against 53% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A college town
Menomonie is home to the University of Wisconsin-Stout, with 5,585 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 29% 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
Menomonie has 14,442 jobs based in town for 16,664 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 Menomonie’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds Menomonie’s grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (2.0) 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 | Menomonie property | Rest of Wisconsin property | Menomonie violent | Rest of Wisconsin violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13.0 | 18.2 | 1.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 10.2 | 16.0 | 3.0 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 12.1 | 15.5 | 1.3 | 3.8 |
| 2025 | 5.7 | 13.6 | 1.7 | 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 | Menomonie | Rest of Wisconsin | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.8 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.3 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Menomonie’s police reported 100 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.0 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 Menomonie 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.
123 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.
28 violent and 95 property, as reported to the FBI by Menomonie’s police.
Three people died in crashes on Menomonie’s roads in 2019–2023
Menomonie had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died.
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 Menomonie’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Menomonie’s own rate (3.6) 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.
Menomonie and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Menomonie | B− | 2.0 | 9.3 |
| Menomonie (township) | — | — | — |
| Red Cedar | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Menomonie (township) and Red Cedar have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Wisconsin towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Menomonie | B− | 2.0 | 9.3 |
| Waunakee | A | 0.6 | 1.9 |
| Verona | A | 0.4 | 5.1 |
| Hartford | B | 2.1 | 6.4 |
| Beaver Dam | B | 1.4 | 10.2 |
| Whitewater | B− | 2.6 | 8.0 |
The five graded Wisconsin towns closest to Menomonie’s population (16,664), 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 Menomonie. 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 Menomonie’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (16,685 in 2025); our figure for Menomonie is 16,664 (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 Menomonie
Is Menomonie, WI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Menomonie reports less crime per resident than 53% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #109 of 175 in Wisconsin. Its police reported 2.0 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 Menomonie?
2.0 violent and 9.3 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.
Who polices Menomonie?
Menomonie’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Menomonie”. 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.