The city of Jefferson, with a total population of 8,033, experienced 651 arrests over the past three years. During 2017, the arrest rate totaled 197.93 per 10,000 residents. This represents a 37.47% difference making Jefferson lower than the national average of 316.54 per 10,000 residents. Of those, 9 were for violent crimes such as murder, rape, and robbery. The city of Jefferson also handled 150 arrests for property crimes during 2017. Compared to Fort Atkinson and Lake Mills, Jefferson is a more dangerous place to live.
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Most of the city arrests fall into 21-30 age group - 31.5%, the least crimes have committed people between 71-80 - 0.5%. When looking at arrest numbers - a great number of arrestees belonged to White race, whilst the least arrests had Hispanic race.
The city of Jefferson experienced a higher rate of non-violent crime. During 2017, Jefferson totaled 9 violent crimes and 150 non-violent crimes.
During 2007-2017, Jefferson experienced 184 violent crimes. Of those, 3 were for murder/non-negligent manslaughter, 15 were for revised rape, another 33 were for legacy rape, 13 were for robbery, and 120 were for aggravated assault.
It is situated in Jefferson county, Wisconsin with a total number of 17 employees - 1 female, 13 male officers and 3 civilians. Jefferson PD ORI (Originated Agency Identifier) number is WI0280200, it belongs to the East North Central division in the Midwest region with a region code of Region II.