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Safety in Osceola · Not graded

Crime in Osceola: the figures, without a grade

Osceola’s police reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. Within a 25-mile drive lie 4 towns that have a grade. For a graded neighbor, the nearest is Somerset (A), 13 miles away.

Violent crimes
2
reported to the FBI, 2025
Property crimes
28
reported to the FBI, 2025
Nearest graded town
13 mi
Somerset (A)
1,000 neighbors · one year

For every 1,000 residents, about 10 property crimes reported

Property crime (9.6)Violent crime (0.7)Everyone else

Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

Osceola0.7
Rest of WI3.2
U.S. (FBI)3.3

Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

Osceola9.6
Rest of WI13.5
U.S. (FBI)15.5

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 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.

By year

The years Osceola’s police reported

Show as a table
YearOsceolaRest of WisconsinOsceolaRest of Wisconsin
20227.018.21.14.0
20235.816.00.73.9
2024not reported15.4not reported3.8
20259.613.50.73.2

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

30 crimes reported in 2025

2025 offenses reported

Larceny / theft22
Burglary3
Vehicle theft3
Aggravated assault1
Robbery0
Rape1
Homicide0
Arson0
2
violent crimes
28
property crimes

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

2 violent and 28 property, as reported to the FBI by Osceola’s police.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Wisconsin towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
SomersetA13 mi0.92.7
New RichmondB+15 mi1.08.5
AmeryA−16 mi1.24.3
HudsonC+25 mi1.416.0
River FallsB+32 mi1.27.5
BoycevilleB37 mi1.58.8

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

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

On the roads

One person died in crashes on Osceola’s roads in 2019–2023

Osceola had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person 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 Osceola’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Osceola’s own rate (7.0) is context, not a ranking.

1
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
7.0
per 100,000 a year · Wisconsin towns of 2,500–5,000: 6.8

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

Osceola and its neighbors

Farmington: not gradedFranconia Township: not gradedFarmingtonFranconia TownshipOsceola
A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
Farmington———

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Farmington has no FBI figures of its 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 Osceola. 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 Osceola’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (2,906 in 2025); our figure for Osceola is 2,890 (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 Osceola

Is Osceola, WI safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Osceola. The nearest Wisconsin towns with a grade are Somerset (A, 13 mi), New Richmond (B+, 15 mi), Amery (A−, 16 mi).

Who polices Osceola?

Osceola’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Osceola”. 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.