Roscius S. and Lydia R. Freeman House · Photo: AlexiusHoratius · CC BY-SA 3.0Reported crime per resident in River Falls fell 45% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, River Falls grades B+ for safety (#76 of 175 graded towns in Wisconsin): less crime per resident than 67% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
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 River Falls
A college town
River Falls is home to the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, with 4,682 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 26% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. 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 River Falls’ grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are lower than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the stronger of the two.
Reported crime is falling
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.
Show as a table
| Year | River Falls property | Rest of Wisconsin property | River Falls violent | Rest of Wisconsin violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6.0 | 18.2 | 0.6 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 9.5 | 16.0 | 1.3 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 8.6 | 15.5 | 1.3 | 3.8 |
| 2025 | 4.7 | 13.6 | 1.2 | 3.2 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
River Falls’ police reported 65 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.2 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.6 in the rest of Wisconsin and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | River Falls | Rest of Wisconsin | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.6 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.3 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.3 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 5 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
107 crimes reported in 2025
21 violent and 86 property, as reported to the FBI by River Falls’ police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
No one died in a crash on River Falls’s roads in 2019–2023
That is fewer than is typical for Wisconsin towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (3.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of River Falls’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so River Falls’s own rate (0.0) 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.
River Falls and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| River Falls | B+ | 1.2 | 7.5 |
| Troy | — | — | — |
| River Falls (township) | — | — | — |
| Kinnickinnic | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Troy, River Falls (township) and Kinnickinnic have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Wisconsin towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| River Falls | B+ | 1.2 | 7.5 |
| Kaukauna | B+ | 1.2 | 6.7 |
| Cudahy | B | 1.3 | 7.8 |
| Menasha | B | 1.8 | 7.5 |
| Ashwaubenon | C+ | 1.4 | 20.1 |
| Wisconsin Rapids | C− | 4.3 | 19.2 |
The five graded Wisconsin towns closest to River Falls’ population (17,916), by grade.
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 River Falls. 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 River Falls’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (18,212 in 2025); our figure for River Falls is 17,916 (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 River Falls
Is River Falls, WI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, River Falls reports less crime per resident than 67% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #76 of 175 in Wisconsin. Its police reported 1.2 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 River Falls?
1.2 violent and 7.5 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 crime going up or down in River Falls?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
Who polices River Falls?
River Falls’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “River Falls”. 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.