Greenfield, WI carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 74% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Greenfield, WI shows violent crime at 92.1 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,307.8 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 74% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
B safety grade
92.1/100K violent
2307.8/100K property
-74% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Greenfield, WI
Comparable rate records
Greenfield's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Wisconsin cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Greenfield's 92.1 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Somerset (91.4), Boyceville (91.0), Sturgeon Bay (90.7), Sturtevant (89.9). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 147.7 per 100,000 in 2020 to 92.1 in 2024 (-37.6%). The highest observed value was 170.6 in 2022 and the lowest 92.1 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 3.8% of the 886 Part I offenses reported in Greenfield for 2024, against a median of 12.1% across comparable Wisconsin cities — a gap of 8.2 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 79.8% of reported property offenses in Greenfield, against a cohort median of 88.4%. The remainder is burglary (38) and motor vehicle theft (134). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Position in the state cohort
Greenfield sits mid-pack among comparable Wisconsin cities
At 92.1 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Greenfield ranks 123 of 222 — above 99 of the 221 other Wisconsin cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -14.8% against the cohort median of 108.1. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Property counts dominate Greenfield's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Greenfield's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 11.5 Census sq mi, Greenfield logged 73.9 property and 2.9 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Greenfield's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (77% of 886 offenses; mix index 6,145).
Violent offenses are only 4% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (11.5 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-38.3%
149.2 → 92.1/100K
Property Crime Rate
-16.3%
2756.5 → 2307.8/100K
Property offenses lead Greenfield's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs WI
Property Crime
852
2307.8
1156.8
Larceny-Theft
680
1841.9
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
134
363
-
Burglary
38
102.9
-
Arson
2
5.4
-
Violent Crime
34
92.1
279.6
Aggravated Assault
23
62.3
-
Robbery
9
24.4
-
Rape
2
5.4
-
Murder
0
0
-
Greenfield Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Greenfield property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Greenfield Police Department
Reporting agency for Greenfield NIBRS-participating
Greenfield Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Greenfield's 886 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Wisconsin
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Wisconsin cities closest to Greenfield in population. Their populations run from 34,546 to 40,186, against 36,919 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Greenfield reported 34 violent crimes and 852 property crimes, for a total of 886 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Greenfield?
From 2023 to 2024, Greenfield's violent crime rate decreased by 38.3%, and the property crime rate decreased by 16.3%.
What is the most common crime in Greenfield?
The most common crime type in Greenfield is larceny-theft, accounting for 76.7% of all reported crimes (680 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Greenfield figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Greenfield, WI rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.