The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Oneida County, WI
Oneida County is home to 38,200 residents and includes Rhinelander · Updated November 2026
Is Oneida County, WI safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Oneida County: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 95% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A+ here. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A+ to A; see the map and the safest and least safe places below.
A+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 975 of 1,000Safer than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
95% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Oneida County as a whole, and 5% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Oneida County scores 975.
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 Oneida County, WI at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Oneida County, 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 Oneida County
Aggravated assaults and simple assaults both run low. In Oneida County, each runs at less than half the US rate: 1.1 aggravated assaults and 3.8 simple assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 and 9.7 nationally.
How places in Oneida County compare
Every part of Oneida County where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Oneida County run from A+ to A; every part of Oneida County has less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Cities and towns in Oneida County with at least 1,000 residents. Ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer), and the other numbers are residents.
Across the county, the west side has the least crime and the south side the most.
Is crime going up in Oneida County?
Reported crime in Oneida County has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 10% and property crime down 12%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.6 to 1.4 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 9.5 to 8.4 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime rose 22%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Oneida CountyUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments across Oneida County. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Oneida County
Violent, US
Property, Oneida County
Property, US
2016
-17%
+4%
+41%
+15%
2017
+3%
+4%
+37%
+12%
2018
+30%
+0%
+25%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-24%
+4%
-32%
-8%
2021
-17%
+6%
-26%
-10%
2022
-29%
+5%
-26%
-6%
2023
-26%
+2%
-28%
-7%
2024
-10%
-4%
-12%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Oneida County
CrimeGrade™ estimates Oneida County has about 16 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 56% less than the US as a whole and 33% less than 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.
Theft is the most common crime in Oneida County, about 46% of everything reported.
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 Oneida County
These figures come from the reports of the police departments across Oneida County, 2022 to 2024.
In Oneida County, 66% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (66%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Homes (40%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (62%)
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; they are over one in five for burglary, vandalism, aggravated assault.
How Oneida County compares with nearby counties
Oneida County has more crime than 6 of its 10 nearest counties. Vilas County and Iron County have the least crime nearby.
Shops, night lighting and walkability in Oneida County
Two things set Oneida County apart: it has 17.8 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 28% of the land where people live lit at night, against 78% nationally. Places with many stores and restaurants tend to report more theft, yet theft runs lower here than that would suggest.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.17.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 99% of Americans
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.28% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 94% of Americans
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. 91% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (8 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 89% of Americans
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.1% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 94% of Americans
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Oneida County: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 86% of Americans
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.40 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 61% of Americans
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 Oneida County
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Oneida County about $476 a year per household, 61% less 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 $33 million a year, or $861 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$2.5 million
$67
Rape
$790,000
$21
Robbery
$54,000
$1
Assault
$2.2 million
$59
Burglary
$170,000
$4
Theft
$1.5 million
$38
Vehicle theft
$220,000
$6
Arson
$68,000
$2
Vandalism
$730,000
$19
Total
$8.3 million
$217
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 Oneida County 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.
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 Oneida County, WI average a SchoolGrade of C: 42% of students test proficient, against 44% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Oneida County on SchoolGrade
