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 2026-08-24

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

WI 0 1,100+ every state & DC, bucketed by value

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.

/100K

What this shows Muskego is the safest sizeable city in Wisconsin, at 11.8 violent crimes per 100,000.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024

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.

/100K

What this shows Milwaukee reports the highest big-city violent-crime rate in Wisconsin, at 1,430.9 per 100,000.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024

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.

Wisconsin's largest cities, violent vs. property crime. X axis violent crime per 100K, Y axis property crime per 100K, split by the national averages. 14 cities; the anchor is ringed. Wisconsin's largest cities, violent vs. property crime 103 1,545 Violent crime per 100K → 780 4,009 Property crime per 100K → Milwaukee Madison Green Bay Kenosha SAFEST HIGHEST CRIME Safety grade A / B C D / F
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are Wisconsin's statewide averages · the four largest cities are labeled
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+
Showing the 100 largest of 222 reporting cities. Browse all 222 cities → Or see the safest and most dangerous rankings.

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

Top 8 counties by population, violent crime per 100,000 residents. Hover a bar for the exact rate.

/100K
Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024
Adams
Ashland
Barron
Bayfield
Brown
Buffalo
Burnett
Calumet
Chippewa
Clark
Columbia
Crawford
Dane
Dodge
Door
Douglas
Eau Claire
Fond du Lac
Forest
Grant
Green
Green Lake
Iowa
Jackson
Jefferson
Juneau
Kenosha
Kewaunee
La Crosse
Lafayette
Langlade
Lincoln
Manitowoc
Marathon
Marinette
Marquette
Menominee
Milwaukee
Oconto
Oneida
Outagamie
Ozaukee
Pepin
Pierce
Polk
Portage
Price
Racine
Richland
Rock
Rusk
Sauk
Sawyer
Shawano
Sheboygan
Taylor
Trempealeau
Vernon
Vilas
Walworth
Washburn
Washington
Waukesha
Waupaca
Waushara
Winnebago
Wood

Nationwide peers for Wisconsin

Similar violent rate (~279.6/100K)

Similar property rate (~1,156.8/100K)

Nearby States

Washington
WA
West Virginia
WV
Wyoming
WY

Safest cities · Most dangerous · Trends · National rankings · Crime grades · Compare · Methodology

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.

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