Westby has a population of 2,283. During the past three years, Westby saw 172 arrests. For 2017, the Westby's arrest rate totaled 280.33 per 10,000 residents. This decrease of 11.44% makes Westby lower than the national average of 316.54 per 10,000 residents. From that total, 2 were violent crimes like murder, rape, and robbery. The city of Westby also totaled 62 arrests for property crimes during 2017. When compared to La Farge and Viroqua, Westby is a more dangerous place to live.
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Most of the city arrests fall into 31-40 age group - 59.4%, the least crimes have committed people between 51-60 - 15.6%. When looking at arrest numbers - a great number of arrestees belonged to White race, whilst the least arrests had Black race.
Overall, Westby had a higher rate of non-violent crime. For 2017, Westby averaged 2 violent crimes and 62 non-violent crimes.
The city of Westby experienced 20 violent crimes during 2007-2017. Of that total, 1 was for legacy rape and 3 was for revised rape. The aggravated assault total was 16.
It is situated in Vernon county, Wisconsin with a total number of 3 employees - 1 female, 2 male officers and 0 civilians. Westby PD ORI (Originated Agency Identifier) number is WI0630400, it belongs to the East North Central division in the Midwest region with a region code of Region II.