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Safety in Powers Lake · Not graded

Safety in Powers Lake: figures, but no grade

There are 4 graded towns within 10 miles. Powers Lake has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Kenosha County. The Kenosha County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Powers Lake alone, and no Safety Grade. Genoa City, 3 miles away, is the nearest town with a Safety Grade (B+).

Violent crimes
74
reported by the county police, 2025
whole area it covers
Property crimes
361
reported by the county police, 2025
whole area it covers
Nearest graded town
3 mi
Genoa City (B+)
What stands out · In brief

What stands out about safety in Powers Lake

Policed by the county

Powers Lake is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓

Counts, not rates

The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Powers Lake. County police ↓

The nearest graded towns

The closest Wisconsin towns with their own police figures are Genoa City (B+, 3 mi), Lake Geneva (B−, 7 mi), Burlington (B+, 9 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Powers Lake. Nearest ↓

Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.

Who reports for Powers Lake

What the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Office reports

Kenosha County Sheriff’s Office

Reports to the FBI for the parts of Kenosha County without police of their own, which include Powers Lake.

Property crimes

Violent crimes

2025 offenses reported by the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Office

Larceny / theft312
Burglary30
Vehicle theft19
Aggravated assault67
Robbery1
Rape6
Homicide0
Arson0

Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.

Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Wisconsin towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
Genoa CityB+3 mi0.013.0
Lake GenevaB−7 mi1.114.8
BurlingtonB+9 mi1.17.5
LinnA10 mi0.45.1
GenevaA+11 mi0.41.2
DelavanA−15 mi0.45.5

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

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

On the roads

No one died in a crash on Powers Lake’s roads in 2019–2023

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 Powers Lake’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Powers Lake’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.

0
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
0.0
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

Powers Lake and its neighbors

A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
Randall———
Twin Lakes———
Bloomfield———

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Randall has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Twin Lakes reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025. Bloomfield reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.

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.
  • A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
  • 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 Powers Lake

Is Powers Lake, WI safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Powers Lake. The nearest Wisconsin towns with a grade are Genoa City (B+, 3 mi), Lake Geneva (B−, 7 mi), Burlington (B+, 9 mi).

Who polices Powers Lake?

The Kenosha County Sheriff’s Office. Powers Lake is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Kenosha County without police of their own.

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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.