August G. and Theresa Green House · Photo: Jeff the quiet · CC0Stevens Point reports less crime per resident than 64% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Stevens Point’s police in 2023–2025, it grades B for safety: #84 of 175 graded towns in 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 Stevens Point
Stevens Point reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 6 Wisconsin towns on Stevens Point’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Plover (B). Hull, Whiting, Plover (township), Stockton and Linwood have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Wisconsin towns, closer to the middle
Wisconsin’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Stevens Point’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 52% of the 175 Wisconsin towns we grade, against 64% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A college town
Stevens Point is home to the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, with 7,217 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 21% 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 ↓
A job center
Stevens Point has 20,105 jobs based in town for 26,377 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Stevens Point’s 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Stevens Point’s police reported 115 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.5 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 | Stevens Point | Rest of Wisconsin | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.7 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.6 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.6 | 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 8 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.
Reported crime is steady
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Wisconsin.
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| Year | Stevens Point property | Rest of Wisconsin property | Stevens Point violent | Rest of Wisconsin violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9.5 | 18.3 | 1.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 7.8 | 16.1 | 1.6 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 6.2 | 15.5 | 1.6 | 3.8 |
| 2025 | 8.3 | 13.6 | 1.2 | 3.2 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
253 crimes reported in 2025
32 violent and 221 property, as reported to the FBI by Stevens Point’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Three people died in crashes on Stevens Point’s roads in 2019–2023
Stevens Point had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
That is about what is typical for Wisconsin towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (3.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Stevens Point’s size would see about 5 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Stevens Point’s own rate (2.3) 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.
Stevens Point and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stevens Point | B | 1.5 | 7.4 |
| Hull | — | — | — |
| Whiting | — | — | — |
| Plover (township) | — | — | — |
| Plover (village) | B | 1.1 | 11.6 |
| Stockton | — | — | — |
| Linwood | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Hull, Whiting, Plover (township), Stockton and Linwood have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
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 Stevens Point. 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 Stevens Point’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (26,673 in 2025); our figure for Stevens Point is 26,377 (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 Stevens Point
Is Stevens Point, WI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Stevens Point reports less crime per resident than 64% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #84 of 175 in Wisconsin. Its police reported 1.5 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 Stevens Point?
1.5 violent and 7.4 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 Stevens Point?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Stevens Point in 2025?
Stevens Point’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Stevens Point safer than Plover?
Plover reports more crime per resident than Stevens Point: Plover grades B for safety and Stevens Point B. Plover’s police reported 1.1 violent and 11.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Stevens Point?
Stevens Point’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Stevens Point”. 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.