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Safety in Westport · Not graded

Westport has no grade of its own; Waunakee, 1 mile away, is the nearest that does

8 towns with a Safety Grade lie within 10 miles. Without FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, Westport has nothing to grade it on.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Wisconsin towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
WaunakeeA1 mi0.61.9
Maple BluffD−4 mi16.412.6
MadisonC6 mi2.620.2
MiddletonB6 mi1.18.8
DeForestB+6 mi1.17.7
Shorewood HillsC6 mi2.217.8

Straight-line distance from the center of Westport. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Westport.

Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

On the roads

One person died in crashes on Westport’s roads in 2019–2023

Westport 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 Westport’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Westport’s own rate (4.7) is context, not a ranking.

1
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
4.7
per 100,000 a year · Wisconsin towns of 2,500–5,000: 6.8

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.

Next door

Westport and its neighbors

A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
WaunakeeA0.61.9
MadisonC2.620.2
MiddletonB1.18.8
Springfield———
Vienna———

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Springfield and Vienna 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.

How to read these numbers

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 Westport

Is Westport, WI safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Westport. Westport 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 Waunakee (A, 1 mi), Maple Bluff (D−, 4 mi), Madison (C, 6 mi).

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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.