Crime & Safety

The 100 Safest Municipalities in Wisconsin: North Hudson is in the Top 5

North Hudson makes the top five in Wisconsin's safest communities to live in. It also ranks in the Top-100 across the nation.

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WISCONSIN -- Everybody wants to live in a place where they are safe.

The Niche.com 2016 Safest Places to Live ranking provides a comprehensive assessment of the overall safety at the municipal level.

The village of North Prairie in Waukesha County was rated as the safest community in Wisconsin in 2015.

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North Hudson, a small town of nearly 1,600 residents living in approximately two square miles,saw 16 property crimes, 5 burglaries, 10 theft cases, one motor vehicle theft and no reported violent crime over the reporting period that Niche.com used to generate their rankings.

Niche.com rankings take into account key indicators of a location’s safety, including violent and property crime rates, in an attempt to measure an area’s safety and security.

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Niche.com also weighed several factors, including the numbers of assaults, robberies, murders, burglaries, vehicle thefts and property thefts per 100,000 residents from data obtained through the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports.

Here is how Wisconsin's safest cities ranked nationally:

Here is a list of the 100 safest places in Wisconsin:

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