CrimeMetric

Crime in Tomahawk, Wisconsin

Major crime in Tomahawk is 58% below the U.S. rate per resident: 65% lower for persons crimes and 56% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.8% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
42
58% below the U.S. rate
36% below the Wisconsin rate
down 7.8% in a year
Persons crimes
35
65% below the U.S. rate
53% below the Wisconsin rate
down 5.2% in a year
Property crimes
44
56% below the U.S. rate
32% below the Wisconsin rate
down 8.3% in a year
Social disorder
77
23% below the U.S. rate
15% below the Wisconsin rate
down 6.4% in a year

Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.

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Crime by type

Drugs and alcohol stands out most, at 26% above the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Tomahawk for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

Neighborhoods in Tomahawk

Tomahawk is made up of 4 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 38; the middle half of residents live where it is between 24 and 59.

Map of Tomahawk, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the key's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5070.4%
  • 50–10029.6%
  • 100–2000.0%
  • 200–4000.0%
  • 400+0.0%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Highest in the daytime

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm51
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am33
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm49
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am32
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 7.8% in a year; across Wisconsin it fell 11.2%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-7.8%WI -11.2%-15.3%WI -12.2%
Persons crimes-5.2%WI -4.5%-2.4%WI -3.3%
Property crimes-8.3%WI -12.8%-17.6%WI -14.5%
Social disorder-6.4%WI -7.5%-9.3%WI -8.4%

Change in expected crimes, with Wisconsin as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.

Similar-size places

Tomahawk against U.S. places with 2,000 to 5,000 residents

1,198 of the 1,761 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Tomahawk; the middle of the group is 58. The 9 nearest in population:

Bishop, CA3,628171
Atkins, AR3,62673
Mascot, TN3,62060
Tomahawk, WI3,62542
Valdez, AK3,61636

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Tomahawk has a higher major-crime index than 2 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Rhinelander (19 mi), is 1.9 times Tomahawk's rate.

Merrill20 mi96
Medford38 mi82
Wausau35 mi67
Antigo35 mi67
Rothschild41 mi53
Tomahawk42
Weston40 mi30

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Tomahawk

What are the most common crimes in Tomahawk?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 11 a year), shoplifting (about 5 a year) and aggravated assault (about 3 a year). Compared with the U.S., drugs and alcohol stands out most: 26% above the U.S. rate per resident.

How we calculated this

Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Tomahawk's figures add up its 4 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Tomahawk has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 0.0% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
  • Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
  • Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
  • Residents: 3,625. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Tomahawk, Wisconsin." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/wi/tomahawk

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100