County crime profile · 2024 · very large county · property-led
Brown County, WI
At 268,740 residents, Brown County is a very large county in Wisconsin. FBI UCR county totals below are read before any per-100,000 rate (Census denominator when matched).
Brown County, WI reported 24 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Brown County, WI agencies reported 64 violent and 693 property offenses. That equals about 24 violent and 258 property crimes per 100,000 using a verified Census population join. Table 10 coverage is a voluntary subset of U.S. counties.
2024 UCR year
64 violent offenses
24/100K violent rate
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Brown County, WI
Position in the state cohort
Brown County sits mid-pack among comparable Wisconsin counties
At 23.8 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Brown County ranks 48 of 64 — above 16 of the 63 other Wisconsin counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is -52.3% against the cohort median of 49.9. Counties that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 17.9 per 100,000 in 2020 to 23.8 in 2024 (+33.3%). The highest observed value was 38.0 in 2023 and the lowest 17.9 in 2020. 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 8.5% of the 757 Part I offenses reported in Brown County for 2024, against a median of 19.7% across comparable Wisconsin counties — a gap of 11.3 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
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 91.5% of reported property offenses in Brown County, against a cohort median of 72.6%. The remainder is burglary (30) and motor vehicle theft (29). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
On a very large county row, county figures aggregate every participating agency inside the county. Participation is voluntary. Per-100,000 rates use a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census county population, never a Table 10 field; unmatched counties stay count-only. A large county line encloses very different communities.
Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · very large county
Category
Count
Property Crime
693
Burglary
30
Larceny-Theft
634
Motor Vehicle Theft
29
Arson
1
Violent Crime
64
Murder
1
Rape
18
Robbery
2
Aggravated Assault
43
Reporting Agency
Brown County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating
Brown County's crime figures on this page originate from Brown County Sheriff's Office's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
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 Counties in Wisconsin
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Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10.
FBI Table 10 supplies county offense counts but no resident population. Where this page shows a per-100,000 rate, the denominator is a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census Bureau county population; unmatched county rows remain count-only. Statewide comparisons draw on the state UCR program. Verify with FBI.gov UCR and Census.gov QuickFacts.
County Table 10 totals are voluntary agency filings: incomplete coverage is not a county crime measure, and a countywide figure is not a neighbourhood verdict.