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Safety in Oconomowoc · Not graded

Recorded crime in Oconomowoc, without a grade

Nearby, 4 communities within 10 miles carry a Safety Grade. Oconomowoc’s police reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025.

Violent crimes
0
reported to the FBI, 2023
Property crimes
11
reported to the FBI, 2023
Nearest graded town
4 mi
Oconomowoc (A)
1,000 neighbors · one year

For every 1,000 residents, about 1 property crime reported

Property crime (1.2)Violent crime (0)Everyone else

Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2023

Oconomowoc0.0
Rest of WI3.9
U.S. (FBI)3.9

Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2023

Oconomowoc1.2
Rest of WI16.0
U.S. (FBI)19.5

Crimes reported to police in 2023 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.

And no violent crimes, in 2023. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.

By year

The years Oconomowoc’s police reported

Show as a table
YearOconomowocRest of WisconsinOconomowocRest of Wisconsin
20221.718.20.04.0
20231.216.00.03.9
2024not reported15.4not reported3.8
2025not reported13.5not reported3.2

Crimes per 1,000 residents

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of Wisconsin. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.

What gets reported

11 crimes reported in 2023

2023 offenses reported

Larceny / theft11
Burglary0
Vehicle theft0
Aggravated assault0
Robbery0
Rape0
Homicide0
Arson0
0
violent crimes
11
property crimes

Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.

0 violent and 11 property, as reported to the FBI by Oconomowoc’s police.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Wisconsin towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
Oconomowoc (city)A4 mi0.44.1
SummitA−7 mi1.05.5
DelafieldB8 mi0.514.0
HartlandA8 mi0.63.5
HartfordB12 mi2.16.4
WatertownB13 mi1.98.9

Straight-line distance from the center of Oconomowoc. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Oconomowoc.

Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

On the roads

Three people died in crashes on Oconomowoc’s roads in 2019–2023

Oconomowoc 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 Oconomowoc’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Oconomowoc’s own rate (6.8) is context, not a ranking.

3
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
6.8
per 100,000 a year · Wisconsin towns of 5,000–25,000: 3.5

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.

Next door

Oconomowoc and its neighbors

A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
Oconomowoc (city)A0.44.1
Merton———
Ixonia———
Ashippun———
DelafieldB0.514.0

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Merton, Ixonia and Ashippun 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.

How to read these numbers

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 Oconomowoc. 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 Oconomowoc’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (8,887 in 2023); our figure for Oconomowoc is 8,849 (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 Oconomowoc

Is Oconomowoc, WI safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Oconomowoc. The nearest Wisconsin towns with a grade are Oconomowoc (A, 4 mi), Summit (A−, 7 mi), Delafield (B, 8 mi).

Who polices Oconomowoc?

Oconomowoc’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Oconomowoc Town”. 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, 2023, 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.