Safety · Black River Falls

Black River Falls, WI crime & safety

Black River Falls's reported crime rate is well above Wisconsin's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. Violent crime is rare: 2 reported in 2022.

Crime reported to police, trends and how Black River Falls compares with the towns next door, from FBI data.

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A grade needs all of the FBI's latest years (2023–2025). Black River Falls's police department reported none of them, so we don't grade it yet. The figures below are still real.

Reported crime, 2022

Black River Falls at a glance

Violent crime
0.6
per 1,000 residents · Wisconsin 3.1
Property crime
25.5
per 1,000 residents · Wisconsin 13.9
Incidents reported
91
2 violent · 89 property
Violent crime per 1,000
Black River Falls 0.6
Wisconsin 3.1
U.S. 4
Property crime per 1,000
Black River Falls 25.5
Wisconsin 13.9
U.S. 20
What gets reported

2022, by type

Larceny / theft
79
Burglary
5
Vehicle theft
5
Aggravated assault
1
Robbery
0
Rape
1
Homicide
0
Arson
2

Offenses reported to police, not convictions.

Who keeps Black River Falls safe

Local public safety

👮 Black River Falls Police DepartmentReports its crime counts to the FBI — the figures on this page.
🚨 EmergenciesCall 911. For non-emergency numbers, alerts and preparedness, see the town guide.

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Black River Falls and its neighbors

Reported crime per 1,000 residents in each town's latest year. * = a count, for towns under 1,000 people. Grade: the Safety Grade; — = not graded.
TownGradeViolentPropertyYear
Black River Falls—0.625.52022

No town figures in the FBI's data: Adams, Brockway, Albion.

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 thefts and some assaults are never reported.
  • Small numbers swing. In a town of about 3,500, a handful of incidents moves the rate noticeably from year to year. The trend matters more than any one year.
  • Visitors count too. Towns with a campus, highway, beach or shopping center see incidents involving people who don't live there, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn't report a full year, not that nothing happened.
Natural hazards
Low

Mostly inland flooding. Expected storm and flood damage here is higher than in 36% of U.S. communities. 1 flood insurance claim paid since 1993.

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Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2022, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. This isn't an official statement of public safety — in an emergency, call 911.

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