Photo: Edit6212 · CC BY-SA 4.0Crime reported in Prairie du Sac, WI
A 25-mile circle around it holds 10 towns with a grade. The grade needs a town’s own FBI figures, and Prairie du Sac has none for 2023–2025. For a graded neighbor, the nearest is Middleton (B), 19 miles away.
The nearest Wisconsin towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middleton | B | 19 mi | 1.1 | 8.8 |
| Waunakee | A | 19 mi | 0.6 | 1.9 |
| Mount Horeb | A+ | 20 mi | 0.6 | 1.4 |
| Reedsburg | C+ | 20 mi | 1.2 | 16.5 |
| Shorewood Hills | C | 23 mi | 2.2 | 17.8 |
| Madison | C | 23 mi | 2.6 | 20.2 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Prairie du Sac. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Prairie du Sac.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
One person died in crashes on Prairie du Sac’s roads in 2019–2023
Prairie du Sac 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 Prairie du Sac’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 Sac’s own rate (20.2) 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 Sac and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mazomanie | — | — | — |
| Prairie du Sac (village) | — | — | — |
| Sauk City | — | — | — |
| West Point | — | — | — |
| Sumpter | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Mazomanie, Prairie du Sac (village), Sauk City, West Point and Sumpter 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.
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 Sac
Is Prairie du Sac, WI safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Prairie du Sac. Prairie du Sac 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 Middleton (B, 19 mi), Waunakee (A, 19 mi), Mount Horeb (A+, 20 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Prairie du Sac.
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.