The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Sheboygan, WI
Sheboygan is a city of 61,000 in Sheboygan County and the main city of the Sheboygan metro area, home to 118,000 · Updated November 2026
Is Sheboygan, WI safe?
Yes, crime in Sheboygan is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Sheboygan sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 47% of Americans live. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A against A-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Sheboygan run from A+ to B-, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 822 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
47% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Sheboygan as a whole, and 53% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Sheboygan scores 822.
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 Sheboygan, WI at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Sheboygan, 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 Sheboygan
Reported rapes run above the US rate. Sheboygan has less crime than the US as a whole, 16% below the US rate, but more reported rapes: 0.85 a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.38 nationally.
Aggravated assault stands out among A-graded cities. For the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 1.2 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents; Sheboygan has 2.7.
The safest and least safe parts of Sheboygan
Every part of Sheboygan where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Sheboygan run from A+ to B-; 47% of residents live in areas with 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.
Within Sheboygan, the northwest side has the least crime and the east side the most.
Is crime going up in Sheboygan?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Sheboygan is up 16% and property crime is down 21%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 3.7 to 4.3 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 16 to 13 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime rose 16%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
SheboyganUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Sheboygan. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Sheboygan
Violent, US
Property, Sheboygan
Property, US
2016
-27%
+4%
+34%
+15%
2017
-7%
+4%
+4%
+12%
2018
+4%
+0%
+5%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-14%
+4%
+2%
-8%
2021
-6%
+6%
-15%
-10%
2022
-8%
+5%
-14%
-6%
2023
-0%
+2%
-17%
-7%
2024
+16%
-4%
-21%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Sheboygan
CrimeGrade™ estimates Sheboygan has about 31 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 16% less than the US as a whole and 28% more 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.
The largest share of crime reported in Sheboygan is assault, about 44% 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 Sheboygan
Sheboygan has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Sheboygan, 52% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 43% of them, against 18% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (52%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (61%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (43%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (45%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (69%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Sheboygan compares with nearby cities
Sheboygan has the most crime of its 5 nearest cities.
Parking lots, transit and walkability in Sheboygan
Two things set Sheboygan apart: it has 3.3 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and a Walk Grade of C- (32 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Even so, 56% of residents in Sheboygan live in car-dependent areas, where most errands take a car. 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.3.3 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 89% of US city residents
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 Sheboygan: D- (11 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 and assault.C- (32 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 82% of US city residents
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.4.7% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 63% of US city residents
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.88% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 63% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.11.3 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 62% 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 Sheboygan
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Sheboygan about $845 a year per household, 30% 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 $74 million a year, or $1,207 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$2.6 million
$43
Rape
$3.1 million
$51
Robbery
$100,000
$2
Assault
$9.5 million
$156
Burglary
$490,000
$8
Theft
$3.2 million
$52
Vehicle theft
$390,000
$6
Arson
$50,000
$1
Vandalism
$2.3 million
$37
Total
$22 million
$356
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 Sheboygan 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 Sheboygan, WI average a SchoolGrade of C: 43% of students test proficient, against 37% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Sheboygan on SchoolGrade
