Photo: AviationTraveler · CC BY 4.0Safety in Prairie du Chien: figures, but no grade
Prairie du Chien reports no crime figures of its own to the FBI for 2023–2025, so there is no Safety Grade. Within 10 miles, Prairie du Chien is the one town with a Safety Grade. Out to 25 miles, the count of graded towns reaches 2.
The nearest Wisconsin towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie du Chien (city) | B− | 3 mi | 2.4 | 10.3 |
| Fennimore | A | 23 mi | 1.3 | 0.7 |
| Lancaster | C− | 25 mi | 8.6 | 7.3 |
| Muscoda | B+ | 34 mi | 1.1 | 8.7 |
| Viroqua | B− | 35 mi | 1.7 | 13.2 |
| Platteville | C+ | 40 mi | 2.9 | 12.2 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Prairie du Chien. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Prairie du Chien.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Two people died in crashes on Prairie du Chien’s roads in 2019–2023
Prairie du Chien had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which two people 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 Prairie du Chien’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Prairie du Chien’s own rate (42.0) 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.
Prairie du Chien and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie du Chien (city) | B− | 2.4 | 10.3 |
| Bridgeport | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Bridgeport 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.
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 Prairie du Chien
Is Prairie du Chien, WI safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Prairie du Chien. Prairie du Chien has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest Wisconsin towns with a grade are Prairie du Chien (B−, 3 mi), Fennimore (A, 23 mi), Lancaster (C−, 25 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Prairie du Chien.
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.