Lake Delton is a village of 4,990 in Sauk County, about 35 miles northwest of downtown Middleton · Updated November 2026
Is Lake Delton, WI safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Lake Delton: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A, safer than the neighborhoods where 66% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A+ to A-; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 898 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
66% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Lake Delton as a whole, and 34% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Lake Delton scores 898.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 Lake Delton, WI at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Lake Delton, 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 in Lake Delton
Theft at more than triple the US rate. Lake Delton has 46.5 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
Crime rates and types in Lake Delton
CrimeGrade™ estimates Lake Delton has about 82 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than double the rate for the US as a whole and about triple the rate for Wisconsin.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
The largest share of crime reported in Lake Delton is theft, about 57% of the total. It also makes up the largest share of what crime costs here.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. 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 crime happens in Lake Delton
Lake Delton has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 68% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (68%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Stores and businesses (44%)
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.
How Lake Delton compares with nearby cities
Lake Delton has the most crime of its 7 nearest cities.
Shops, parking lots and walkability in Lake Delton
Two things set Lake Delton apart: it has 58.2 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 10.9 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft; here theft sits near the national middle.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.58.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 99% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.10.9 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 99% 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 and assault. 95% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (10 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 78% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.133 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 98% 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.11.6% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 91% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.2% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 85% 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 crime costs Lake Delton
Crime costs Lake Delton about $1,543 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 28% more than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $7.9 million a year, or $1,588 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$220,000
$44
Rape
$300,000
$59
Robbery
$14,000
$3
Assault
$1.0 million
$209
Burglary
$64,000
$13
Theft
$1.2 million
$239
Vehicle theft
$150,000
$29
Arson
$3,500
$1
Vandalism
$370,000
$74
Total
$3.3 million
$670
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Lake Delton means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them. Lake Delton is a good example: many people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks worse than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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.
Schools in Lake Delton, WI average a SchoolGrade of D+: 39% of students test proficient, against 39% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Lake Delton on SchoolGrade
