North Fond du Lac has less property crime per resident than 77% of U.S. towns
Out of every 1,000 residents, 2.7 violent crimes and 5.4 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 3.6 and 15.0 in the rest of Wisconsin. Its Safety Grade, B (#105 of 175 graded towns in Wisconsin), rests on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025: close to the middle of U.S. towns.
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 North Fond du Lac
North Fond du Lac reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 3 Wisconsin towns on North Fond du Lac’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Fond du Lac (C−). Friendship and Fond du Lac (township) have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Wisconsin towns, closer to the middle
Wisconsin’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so North Fond du Lac’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 40% of the 175 Wisconsin towns we grade, against 55% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind North Fond du Lac’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds North Fond du Lac’s grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (2.7) 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | North Fond du Lac | Rest of Wisconsin | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.9 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
North Fond du Lac’s police reported 44 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.7 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 North Fond du Lac 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 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | North Fond du Lac property | Rest of Wisconsin property | North Fond du Lac violent | Rest of Wisconsin violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8.7 | 18.2 | 0.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 6.5 | 16.0 | 3.0 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 5.8 | 15.5 | 2.2 | 3.8 |
| 2025 | 4.1 | 13.5 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Wisconsin.
38 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.
16 violent and 22 property, as reported to the FBI by North Fond du Lac’s police.
No one died in a crash on North Fond du Lac’s roads in 2019–2023
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 North Fond du Lac’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so North Fond du Lac’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.
North Fond du Lac and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Fond du Lac | B | 2.7 | 5.4 |
| Friendship | — | — | — |
| Fond du Lac (township) | — | — | — |
| Fond du Lac (city) | C− | 3.7 | 18.3 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Friendship and Fond du Lac (township) have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Wisconsin towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Fond du Lac | B | 2.7 | 5.4 |
| Geneva | A+ | 0.4 | 1.2 |
| Columbus | A− | 0.7 | 4.9 |
| Summit | A− | 1.0 | 5.5 |
| West Salem | B | 1.5 | 8.6 |
| Prairie du Chien | B− | 2.4 | 10.3 |
The five graded Wisconsin towns closest to North Fond du Lac’s population (5,425), 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 North Fond du Lac. 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 North Fond du Lac’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (5,428 in 2025); our figure for North Fond du Lac is 5,425 (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 North Fond du Lac
Is North Fond du Lac, WI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, North Fond du Lac reports less crime per resident than 55% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #105 of 175 in Wisconsin. Its police reported 2.7 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 North Fond du Lac?
2.7 violent and 5.4 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 North Fond du Lac safer than Fond du Lac?
Fond du Lac reports more crime per resident than North Fond du Lac: Fond du Lac grades C− for safety and North Fond du Lac B. Fond du Lac’s police reported 3.7 violent and 18.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices North Fond du Lac?
North Fond du Lac’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “North Fond du Lac”. 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.