Milwaukee, WI crime rate
In 2025 the Milwaukee Police Department reported 1,145.0 violent crimes and 2,401.0 property crimes per 100,000 residents it covers. The FBI's estimates for Wisconsin and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
How does Milwaukee compare with Wisconsin and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Milwaukee only.
What offenses were reported in Milwaukee, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Wisconsin | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 6,409 | 1,145.0 | 240.3 | 327.6 | down 21.2% | down 29.3% |
| Murder | 142 | 25.4 | 3.9 | 4.1 | up 4.1% | down 22.3% |
| Rape | 318 | 56.8 | 31.6 | 36.1 | down 22.7% | down 31.9% |
| Robbery | 1,258 | 224.8 | 29.4 | 49.4 | down 28.4% | down 31.3% |
| Aggravated assault | 4,691 | 838.1 | 175.4 | 238.0 | down 19.5% | down 28.8% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 13,439 | 2,401.0 | 1,016.7 | 1,534.8 | down 13.4% | down 43.8% |
| Burglary | 1,912 | 341.6 | 96.9 | 193.6 | down 13.8% | down 30.0% |
| Larceny-theft | 6,534 | 1,167.4 | 787.9 | 1,144.1 | down 8.2% | down 30.8% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 4,831 | 863.1 | 131.9 | 197.0 | down 19.4% | down 58.0% |
| Arson | 162 | 28.9 | Not estimated | Not estimated | down 11.6% | down 29.7% |
Reported = offenses known to the Milwaukee Police Department and sent to the FBI. Wisconsin and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Milwaukee | United States | Wisconsin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,619.8 | 387.0 | 325.4 |
| 2022 | 1,544.8 | 388.7 | 303.6 |
| 2023 | 1,502.2 | 379.5 | 298.0 |
| 2024 | 1,452.3 | 362.9 | 284.4 |
| 2025 | 1,145.0 | 327.6 | 240.3 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Milwaukee | United States | Wisconsin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4,269.4 | 1,832.3 | 1,537.5 |
| 2022 | 3,335.5 | 1,973.8 | 1,369.6 |
| 2023 | 2,819.8 | 1,934.1 | 1,237.5 |
| 2024 | 2,772.2 | 1,761.1 | 1,171.8 |
| 2025 | 2,401.0 | 1,534.8 | 1,016.7 |
Is Milwaukee safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Milwaukee Police Department reported, 1,145.0 per 100,000 residents, was higher than Wisconsin's 240.3, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 21.2% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
Milwaukee had 6,409 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025, or 1,145.0 per 100,000 residents covered by the Milwaukee Police Department. The FBI's Wisconsin estimate that year was 240.3, so the city's rate was 4.8 times the state rate; it was 3.5 times the US rate of 327.6. Property crime, 2,401.0 per 100,000, was 2.4 times the state's 1,016.7 and 1.6 times the national 1,534.8.
Since 2021, property crime has dropped 43.8% and violent crime 29.3%, from 1,619.8. Both also fell from 2024 to 2025, violent crime by 21.2% and property crime by 13.4%. Motor vehicle theft fell the most of the property offenses in both periods, 58.0% since 2021 and 19.4% since 2024, but at 863.1 per 100,000 it was 4.4 times the US rate.
Rape had the largest fall of the violent offenses from 2021 to 2025, 31.9%. Robbery fell the most from 2024 to 2025, 28.4%, to 224.8 per 100,000. Murder rose 4.1% in the last year, the largest rise in that group, to 142 homicides and 25.4 per 100,000, which is 6.2 times the US rate.
Against 2021 the murder rate is 22.3% lower. Aggravated assault made up 73% of violent crime. The department sent all 12 months for each of the 5 years shown and has reported to NIBRS since 2004.
The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee police report separately.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 3.35 per 1,000 residents (1,553 officers, 320 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Milwaukee Police Department (ORI WIMPD0000), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Wisconsin and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- Milwaukee Police Department (WIMPD0000): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_WIMPD0000_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Milwaukee Police Department (WIMPD0000): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_WIMPD0000_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Milwaukee Police Department (WIMPD0000): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_WIMPD0000_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Milwaukee Police Department (WIMPD0000): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_WIMPD0000_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Milwaukee Police Department (WIMPD0000): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_WIMPD0000_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Milwaukee Police Department (WIMPD0000): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_WIMPD0000_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Milwaukee Police Department (WIMPD0000): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_WIMPD0000_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Milwaukee Police Department (WIMPD0000): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_WIMPD0000_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Milwaukee Police Department (WIMPD0000): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_WIMPD0000_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Milwaukee Police Department (WIMPD0000): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_WIMPD0000_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Milwaukee Police Department (WIMPD0000): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_WIMPD0000__from-2021-to-2025.json)