Photo: Garrison Point · CC BY-SA 4.0On violent crime, Pleasant Prairie has a higher rate per resident than 72% of U.S. towns
Per resident, the graded crimes were up 11% from 2023 to 2025. Across all the graded crimes, Pleasant Prairie lands on C+ (#134 of 175 graded towns in Wisconsin): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Year on year, 3.0 violent crimes and 10.2 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 3.6 and 15.0 in the rest of 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 Pleasant Prairie
Pleasant Prairie reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 2 Wisconsin towns on Pleasant Prairie’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Kenosha (C+). Bristol has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Wisconsin towns, lower
Wisconsin’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Pleasant Prairie’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 23% of the 175 Wisconsin towns we grade, against 42% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Pleasant Prairie has 18,277 jobs based in town for 21,798 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 Pleasant Prairie’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds Pleasant Prairie’s grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (3.0) 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 | Pleasant Prairie property | Rest of Wisconsin property | Pleasant Prairie violent | Rest of Wisconsin violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9.7 | 18.2 | 2.6 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 8.3 | 16.1 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 10.8 | 15.5 | 3.1 | 3.8 |
| 2025 | 11.6 | 13.5 | 1.9 | 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 | Pleasant Prairie | Rest of Wisconsin | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Pleasant Prairie’s police reported 196 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.0 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 Pleasant Prairie 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.
296 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.
42 violent and 254 property, as reported to the FBI by Pleasant Prairie’s police.
12 people died in crashes on Pleasant Prairie’s roads in 2019–2023
Pleasant Prairie had 11 fatal crashes in five years, in which 12 people died; 2 were pedestrians. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
That is 11.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Wisconsin towns of 5,000–25,000 people (3.5, 155 towns).
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.
Pleasant Prairie and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Prairie | C+ | 3.0 | 10.2 |
| Kenosha | C+ | 3.3 | 8.7 |
| Bristol | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Bristol has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Wisconsin towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Prairie | C+ | 3.0 | 10.2 |
| Middleton | B | 1.1 | 8.8 |
| Germantown | B | 0.6 | 11.7 |
| Watertown | B | 1.9 | 8.9 |
| South Milwaukee | B− | 1.4 | 11.5 |
| Onalaska | C+ | 0.6 | 22.4 |
The five graded Wisconsin towns closest to Pleasant Prairie’s population (21,798), 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 Pleasant Prairie. 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 Pleasant Prairie’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (21,937 in 2025); our figure for Pleasant Prairie is 21,798 (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 Pleasant Prairie
Is Pleasant Prairie, WI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Pleasant Prairie reports more crime per resident than 58% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #134 of 175 in Wisconsin. Its police reported 3.0 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 Pleasant Prairie?
3.0 violent and 10.2 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 Pleasant Prairie safer than Kenosha?
Kenosha reports more crime per resident than Pleasant Prairie: Kenosha grades C+ for safety and Pleasant Prairie C+. Kenosha’s police reported 3.3 violent and 8.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Pleasant Prairie?
Pleasant Prairie’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Pleasant Prairie”. 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.