State crime profile · 2024
Wisconsin Crime Rates: Safest & Most Dangerous Cities
Crime data for 222 cities and 67 of 72 counties in Wisconsin (WI), ranked safest to most dangerous from 461 reporting agencies.
Data updated 2026-09-05
- 279.6
- Violent / 100K
- 1,156.8
- Property / 100K
- 222
- Cities
- 67
- Counties
Wisconsin violent crime is 279.6 per 100,000, 21% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Wisconsin records 279.6 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, 21% below the national average (about the 21st-safest of 51 states and D.C.). Statewide averages hide city and county variation; UCR participation is voluntary.
- 279.6 violent crimes per 100K
- -21% vs. the U.S. average
- 21st safest of 51 states & DC
- 1,156.8 property crimes per 100K
How safe is Wisconsin? FBI UCR data snapshot
Wisconsin (WI) reported 16,669 violent crimes and 68,956 property crimes in 2024, based on FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program submissions from 461 law enforcement agencies. That translates to a statewide violent crime rate of 279.6 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1156.8 per 100,000 against a reporting population of 5,960,975. The PlainCrime dataset indexes 222 Wisconsin cities and 67 counties, each with their own detail pages and local crime figures drawn from FBI UCR Tables 8 and 10.
The FBI's state-level summary reports violent and property crime as aggregate totals rather than broken out by individual offense type (murder, rape, robbery, assault, burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, arson). For an offense-by-offense breakdown, see the individual city and county pages for Wisconsin below, which draw on FBI UCR Tables 8 and 10 and do report each offense type separately.
Across 11 years of state-level UCR history (2014–2024), the violent crime rate moved from 283.5 to 279.6 per 100,000, a decline of 1.4%. City-level detail pages within Wisconsin include safety grades (A+ to F), benchmarks against national averages, per-capita risk estimates, and multi-year trend tables for users comparing specific jurisdictions. All figures above are drawn from FBI UCR 2024 submissions; reporting completeness varies by agency, and the FBI periodically restates prior-year figures as late submissions arrive.
How Wisconsin ranks nationally
Wisconsin vs. every U.S. state
Violent crime per 100,000 residents, FBI UCR 2024. Lower is safer.
280 Safer than 59% among 51 U.S. states
Each bar is a band of values; taller bars hold more U.S. states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · 2024
Safest cities · Most dangerous cities · Crime trends
Crime Trends
| Year | Population | Violent Crime | Rate | Property Crime | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5,960,975 | 16,669 | 279.6 | 68,956 | 1156.8 |
| 2023 | 5,910,955 | 17,695 | 299.4 | 73,255 | 1239.3 |
| 2022 | 5,892,539 | 17,934 | 304.4 | 80,844 | 1372 |
| 2021 | 5,895,908 | 18,914 | 320.8 | 88,960 | 1508.8 |
| 2020 | 5,832,655 | 18,999 | 325.7 | 86,684 | 1486.2 |
| 2019 | 5,822,434 | 17,149 | 294.5 | 84,858 | 1457.4 |
| 2018 | 5,813,568 | 17,374 | 298.9 | 91,561 | 1575 |
| 2017 | 5,795,483 | 18,601 | 321 | 105,179 | 1814.8 |
| 2016 | 5,778,708 | 17,464 | 302.2 | 111,906 | 1936.5 |
| 2015 | 5,771,337 | 17,080 | 295.9 | 110,430 | 1913.4 |
| 2014 | 5,757,564 | 16,325 | 283.5 | 117,677 | 2043.9 |
Cities in Wisconsin
Safest cities in Wisconsin
Cities with 25,000+ residents, lowest violent crime per 100,000, FBI UCR 2024. Hover a bar for the exact rate.
- Muskego 12
Muskego
12 /100K
- Mequon
Mequon
39 /100K
- Franklin
Franklin
51 /100K
- New Berlin
New Berlin
62 /100K
- Caledonia
Caledonia
63 /100K
- Menomonee Falls
Menomonee Falls
67 /100K
- De Pere
De Pere
75 /100K
- Brookfield
Brookfield
83 /100K
What this shows Muskego is the safest sizeable city in Wisconsin, at 11.8 violent crimes per 100,000.
Highest violent-crime cities in Wisconsin
Cities with 25,000+ residents, highest violent crime per 100,000, FBI UCR 2024. Hover a bar for the exact rate.
- Milwaukee
Milwaukee
1,431 /100K
- Green Bay 495
Green Bay
495 /100K
- Sheboygan 427
Sheboygan
427 /100K
- Beloit 392
Beloit
392 /100K
- La Crosse 391
La Crosse
391 /100K
- Fond du Lac 387
Fond du Lac
387 /100K
- Racine 383
Racine
383 /100K
- Wausau 295
Wausau
295 /100K
What this shows Milwaukee reports the highest big-city violent-crime rate in Wisconsin, at 1,430.9 per 100,000.
Milwaukee is both volume #1 and rate #1 among 35 Wisconsin cities with 25,000+ residents in FBI UCR 2024. That non-invert is disclosed, not hidden.
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- Milwaukee: 1431 violent, 2701 property per 100,000 (grade F)
- Madison: 256 violent, 1865 property per 100,000 (grade C)
- Green Bay: 495 violent, 1312 property per 100,000 (grade D)
- Kenosha: 286 violent, 866 property per 100,000 (grade B)
- Racine: 383 violent, 1112 property per 100,000 (grade C)
- Appleton: 202 violent, 1347 property per 100,000 (grade B)
- Eau Claire: 162 violent, 1906 property per 100,000 (grade B)
- Waukesha: 114 violent, 875 property per 100,000 (grade A)
- Janesville: 143 violent, 1842 property per 100,000 (grade B)
- Oshkosh: 232 violent, 1452 property per 100,000 (grade B)
- West Allis: 257 violent, 1978 property per 100,000 (grade C)
- La Crosse: 391 violent, 3712 property per 100,000 (grade D)
- Sheboygan: 427 violent, 1288 property per 100,000 (grade C)
- Wauwatosa: 207 violent, 2483 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Wisconsin safety livability score: 69/100
Percentile-benchmarked against all 51 tracked states, 2024 FBI UCR data.
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Violent crime rate
279.6/100K · C (59th percentile)
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Property crime rate
1156.8/100K · B (82th percentile)
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Murder rate
N/A, dropped from score, weight redistributed
| City | Population | Violent / 100K | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee | 560,416 | 1,430.9 | F |
| Madison | 282,045 | 256 | C |
| Green Bay | 105,240 | 495.1 | D |
| Kenosha | 97,652 | 285.7 | B |
| Racine | 76,243 | 383 | C |
| Appleton | 74,394 | 201.6 | B |
| Eau Claire | 70,891 | 162.2 | B |
| Waukesha | 70,202 | 114 | A |
| Janesville | 66,247 | 143.4 | B |
| Oshkosh | 65,994 | 231.8 | B |
| West Allis | 58,862 | 256.5 | C |
| La Crosse | 50,893 | 391 | D |
| Sheboygan | 49,610 | 427.3 | C |
| Wauwatosa | 46,968 | 206.5 | C |
| Fond du Lac | 44,164 | 387.2 | C |
| Brookfield | 42,019 | 83.3 | A |
| New Berlin | 40,186 | 62.2 | A |
| Menomonee Falls | 40,076 | 67.4 | A |
| Wausau | 39,949 | 295.4 | B |
| Sun Prairie | 38,519 | 184.3 | B |
| Oak Creek | 37,665 | 146 | B |
| Greenfield | 36,919 | 92.1 | B |
| Beloit | 36,231 | 391.9 | C |
| Franklin | 35,535 | 50.7 | A |
| Manitowoc | 34,546 | 208.4 | B |
| Fitchburg | 32,727 | 275 | B |
| West Bend | 31,947 | 237.9 | B |
| Mount Pleasant | 27,731 | 111.8 | B |
| Neenah | 27,480 | 156.5 | B |
| Superior | 26,310 | 220.4 | C |
| Stevens Point | 25,784 | 162.9 | A |
| Mequon | 25,586 | 39.1 | A+ |
| Muskego | 25,389 | 11.8 | A |
| Caledonia | 25,323 | 63.2 | A+ |
| De Pere | 25,319 | 75 | A |
| Grand Chute | 24,397 | 233.6 | C |
| Fox Valley Metro | 23,754 | 176.8 | A |
| Middleton | 23,353 | 107.1 | A |
| Watertown | 22,612 | 190.2 | B |
| Pleasant Prairie | 21,981 | 313.9 | C |
| Germantown | 21,066 | 61.7 | A |
| South Milwaukee | 20,178 | 158.6 | B |
| Onalaska | 19,068 | 36.7 | A |
| Fox Crossing | 18,926 | 89.8 | A |
| Oconomowoc | 18,830 | 15.9 | A+ |
| Marshfield | 18,669 | 214.3 | B |
| Wisconsin Rapids | 18,602 | 532.2 | D |
| Hobart-Lawrence | 18,035 | 44.4 | A+ |
| Menasha | 18,008 | 177.7 | A |
| Cudahy | 17,683 | 113.1 | A |
| Kaukauna | 17,622 | 102.1 | A |
| River Falls | 17,171 | 128.1 | A |
| Ashwaubenon | 16,992 | 235.4 | C |
| Menomonie | 16,595 | 132.6 | A |
| Beaver Dam | 16,473 | 145.7 | A |
| Verona | 16,443 | 48.7 | A |
| Hartford | 15,959 | 131.6 | A |
| Hudson | 15,714 | 114.5 | B |
| Whitewater | 15,473 | 200.3 | B |
| Waunakee | 15,227 | 105.1 | A |
| Chippewa Falls | 14,626 | 218.8 | B |
| Whitefish Bay | 14,537 | 13.8 | A+ |
| Greendale | 14,461 | 83 | A |
| Plover | 14,306 | 21 | A |
| Shorewood | 13,629 | 22 | A |
| Stoughton | 12,996 | 192.4 | B |
| Port Washington | 12,888 | 38.8 | A+ |
| Glendale | 12,877 | 295.1 | C |
| Grafton | 12,788 | 78.2 | A |
| Cedarburg | 12,649 | 47.4 | A+ |
| Brown Deer | 12,636 | 348.2 | C |
| Fort Atkinson | 12,274 | 236.3 | B |
| Holmen | 11,889 | 50.5 | A+ |
| Oregon | 11,833 | 42.3 | A+ |
| Deforest | 11,195 | 80.4 | A |
| Two Rivers | 11,138 | 215.5 | B |
| Burlington | 11,042 | 99.6 | A |
| Marinette | 11,023 | 172.4 | B |
| Platteville | 10,907 | 366.7 | C |
| New Richmond | 10,890 | 110.2 | A |
| Waupun | 10,873 | 285.1 | B |
| Monroe | 10,373 | 28.9 | A |
| Hartland | 10,259 | 68.2 | A+ |
| Reedsburg | 10,243 | 126.9 | B |
| Elkhorn | 10,218 | 58.7 | A |
| Delavan | 10,091 | 188.3 | B |
| Portage | 9,978 | 80.2 | B |
| Sturgeon Bay | 9,928 | 90.7 | A |
| Sparta | 9,781 | 316.9 | C |
| Altoona | 9,623 | 31.2 | A |
| McFarland | 9,602 | 62.5 | A |
| St. Francis | 9,524 | 105 | A |
| Cottage Grove | 9,518 | 115.6 | A |
| Tomah | 9,414 | 350.5 | C |
| Shawano | 9,236 | 216.5 | B |
| Merrill | 9,006 | 199.9 | C |
| Rice Lake | 8,997 | 244.5 | B |
| Plymouth | 8,897 | 22.5 | A |
| Lake Geneva | 8,816 | 102.1 | A |
| Kronenwetter | 8,597 | 46.5 | A+ |
Counties in Wisconsin
67 of 72 Census county-equivalents (93.1%) appear in FBI Table 10 for this vintage. Missing counties are absent from the FBI source for this year, not dropped by PlainCrime. See national county coverage and methodology.
Largest counties in Wisconsin, violent crime per 100K
The 7 of the 8 largest counties with complete FBI agency coverage, violent crime per 100,000 residents. Hover a bar for the exact rate.
- Milwaukee 17
Milwaukee
17 /100K
- Waukesha 12
Waukesha
12 /100K
- Brown
Brown
24 /100K
- Racine 19
Racine
19 /100K
- Outagamie 20
Outagamie
20 /100K
- Winnebago 15
Winnebago
15 /100K
- Kenosha
Kenosha
51 /100K
Not charted (Incomplete report): Dane. Its 2024 FBI agency coverage fails this site's completeness screen, so a rate here would read as unusually safe only because agencies did not report.
Nationwide peers for Wisconsin
Similar violent rate (~279.6/100K)
Similar property rate (~1,156.8/100K)
- Maine · 1149/100K property
- Wyoming · 1187.7/100K property
- Massachusetts · 1101.2/100K property
- West Virginia · 1089.3/100K property
Nearby States
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Primary source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States annual release. State-level trends cross-check against the FBI Crime Data Explorer (CDE) API.
Population figures for rate calculations reference U.S. Census Bureau estimates where FBI-reported populations are unavailable. Verify with Census.gov QuickFacts.
Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
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