Eau Claire is the seventh-largest city in Wisconsin, with 85,300 residents in Eau Claire County · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Eau Claire?
Eau Claire earns an A for property crime, safer than the neighborhoods where 61% of Americans live. Theft makes up 67% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A, and vehicle theft grades A+.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 872 of 1,000Less property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
61% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Eau Claire as a whole, and 39% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Eau Claire scores 872.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Eau Claire, WI at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Eau Claire, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in Eau Claire
Car thefts run high in Third Ward, East Hill & North Side Hill. In this part of central Eau Claire, they run at about triple the rate in the rest of Eau Claire.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Eau Claire
Every part of Eau Claire where people live grades A or B for property crime on the national scale. Property crime grades across Eau Claire run from A+ to B-.
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Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Westridge & West Riverside, northwestThefts run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Eau Claire.A912
2Otter Creek, southeastBurglaries run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Eau Claire.A888
3Putnam Heights, southClose to the rest of Eau Claire on most crimes.A883
4Airport & Dells Park, northClose to the rest of Eau Claire on most crimes.A880
5Upper Westside, Mount Washington & Buffington, westBurglaries run about 60% higher here than in the rest of Eau Claire.A-821
Neighborhood areas of Eau Claire, ranked by property crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Property crime rates and types in Eau Claire
CrimeGrade™ estimates Eau Claire has about 21 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 11% less than the US as a whole and 33% more than Wisconsin.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in Eau Claire, about 67% of the total, followed by vandalism and burglary.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when property crime happens in Eau Claire
Eau Claire has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Eau Claire, 57% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often at homes: 45% of them, against 33% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (57%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (45%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (41%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (29%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Eau Claire and nearby cities
Eau Claire has the most property crime of its 6 nearest cities.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Eau Claire. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Eau Claire is safer than 82% of them.
Parking lots, transit and walkability in Eau Claire
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Eau Claire apart: it has 3.4 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 64 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report more theft, yet theft runs lower here than that would suggest.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.3.4 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 90% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Eau Claire: D- (8 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 79% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (19 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 54% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.64 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 82% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.5% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 81% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.13.1 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 77% of US city residents
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs Eau Claire
Property crime costs Eau Claire about $11 million a year, or $134 per resident and about $331 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$1.5 million
$17
Theft
$6.2 million
$73
Vehicle theft
$1.2 million
$14
Arson
$73,000
$1
Vandalism
$2.5 million
$29
Total
$11 million
$134
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
