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Delafield, WI crime analytics

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   Reflects 2024 calendar year; released from FBI in October 2025 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2025 data?

Methodology:   Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data

The crime rate in Delafield is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 21 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate. The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Delafield is 1 in 47. Based on FBI crime data, Delafield is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to Wisconsin, Delafield has a crime rate that is higher than 94% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.

Importantly, when you compare Delafield to other communities of similar population, then Delafield crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Delafield does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Delafield does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Delafield.

For Delafield, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Delafield than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 1819, which is a violent crime rate of 1 per one thousand inhabitants.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Delafield's rate for property crime is 21 per one thousand population. This makes Delafield a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in Delafield is one in 49.

Delafield Crime Data

total Crime Index

15

(100 is safest)


Safer than 15% of U.S. cities.

Delafield Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

4

150

154

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

0.55

20.62

21.17

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
0.55
2.79
National Median: 4
    Delafield
    Wisconsin

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 1,819

in Delafield

1 in 359

in Wisconsin

Delafield Violent Crimes

Population: 7,275
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 0 1 0 3
Rate per 1,000 0.00 0.14 0.00 0.41

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 340,110,988
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 16,935 127,527 205,952 870,931
Rate per 1,000 0.05 0.38 0.61 2.56

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
20.62
11.54
National Median: 18
    Delafield
    Wisconsin

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 49

in Delafield

1 in 87

in Wisconsin

Property Crimes

Population: 7,275
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 1 146 3
Rate per 1,000 0.14 20.07 0.41

United States Property Crimes

Population: 340,110,988
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 779,542 4,326,531 880,327
Rate per 1,000 2.29 12.72 2.59

Delafield Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
14
14
National Median: 24.5
    Delafield
    Wisconsin