Crime recorded in Sun Prairie, and why it isn’t graded
Inside a 10-mile circle sit 5 graded neighbors. Without FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, Sun Prairie has nothing to grade it on. The closest graded town is Sun Prairie, 4 miles away, at B−.
The nearest Wisconsin towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun Prairie (city) | B− | 4 mi | 1.6 | 12.8 |
| Cottage Grove (village) | A | 4 mi | 0.8 | 3.2 |
| Marshall | A | 6 mi | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| Maple Bluff | D− | 10 mi | 16.4 | 12.6 |
| Waterloo | A | 10 mi | 0.5 | 3.8 |
| Monona | C− | 10 mi | 0.9 | 30.4 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Sun Prairie. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Sun Prairie.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Five people died in crashes on Sun Prairie’s roads in 2019–2023
Sun Prairie had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
That is more than 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 Sun Prairie’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Sun Prairie’s own rate (49.8) 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.
Sun Prairie and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun Prairie (city) | B− | 1.6 | 12.8 |
| Cottage Grove (village) | A | 0.8 | 3.2 |
| Medina | — | — | — |
| Cottage Grove (township) | — | — | — |
| Bristol | — | — | — |
| Burke | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Medina, Cottage Grove (township), Bristol and Burke 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 Sun Prairie
Is Sun Prairie, WI safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Sun Prairie. Sun Prairie 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 Sun Prairie (B−, 4 mi), Cottage Grove (A, 4 mi), Marshall (A, 6 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Sun Prairie.
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.