Crime Grade · Wisconsin

Safest Cities in Wisconsin

89 reporting Wisconsin cities ranked safest to least safe, by FBI violent crime rate per 100,000 residents. Data from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

State median violent crime rate: 130.7 per 100,000. Cities with population ≥ 10,000. Letter grade is the national decile against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities — same grade everywhere on this site.

Rank	City	Population	Violent / 100k	Grade
1	Whitefish Bay	14,422	13.9	A1/10
2	Hobart-Lawrence	18,026	27.7	A1/10
3	Verona	17,623	28.4	A1/10
4	Ashwaubenon	17,526	34.2	A1/10
5	Hartland	10,381	38.5	A1/10
6	Muskego	25,927	38.6	A1/10
7	Port Washington	12,888	38.8	A1/10
8	Mequon	25,586	39.1	A1/10
9	De Pere	25,465	39.3	A1/10
10	Oregon	11,833	42.3	A1/10
11	Shorewood	13,433	44.7	A1/10
12	Cedarburg	12,649	47.4	A1/10
13	Greendale	14,351	48.8	A1/10
14	Franklin	36,675	49.1	A1/10
15	Onalaska	20,165	49.6	A1/10
16	Holmen	11,889	50.5	A1/10
17	New Richmond	11,068	54.2	A1/10
18	Caledonia	25,216	55.5	A1/10
19	Germantown	21,066	61.7	A1/10
20	Grafton	12,910	62.0	A1/10
21	Oconomowoc	20,479	63.5	A1/10
22	Monroe	10,566	66.3	A1/10
23	New Berlin	40,186	67.2	A1/10
24	Fox Crossing	19,456	72.0	A1/10
25	Oak Creek	38,780	72.2	A1/10
26	Elkhorn	10,086	79.3	A1/10
27	Brookfield	42,019	83.3	A1/10
28	Menomonee Falls	41,236	84.9	A1/10
29	Mount Pleasant	28,292	88.4	A1/10
30	Deforest	11,195	89.3	A1/10
31	Cudahy	17,572	91.1	A1/10
32	Reedsburg	10,378	96.4	A1/10
33	Middleton	22,703	96.9	A1/10
34	Baraboo	13,240	98.2	A1/10
35	Burlington	11,042	99.6	A1/10
36	Greenfield	37,076	102.5	A1/10
37	Waukesha	71,542	106.2	A1/10
38	Waunakee	15,227	111.6	A1/10
39	Sun Prairie	40,109	112.2	A1/10
40	Hudson	15,084	112.7	A1/10
41	River Falls	18,212	115.3	A1/10
42	Stevens Point	26,673	116.2	A1/10
43	Plover	14,375	118.3	A1/10
44	South Milwaukee	20,084	124.5	A2/10
45	Hartford	16,065	130.7	A2/10
46	Neenah	27,530	130.8	A2/10
47	Fitchburg	35,168	130.8	A2/10
48	Platteville	11,841	135.1	A2/10
49	Menasha	18,472	135.3	A2/10
50	Kaukauna	18,685	139.1	A2/10
51	Janesville	66,247	143.4	A2/10
52	Beaver Dam	16,376	146.6	A2/10
53	Sturgeon Bay	10,009	149.9	A2/10
54	Mountain Bay Metropolitan	23,875	155.0	A2/10
55	Marshfield	18,980	158.1	A2/10
56	Menomonie	16,685	161.8	A2/10
57	Eau Claire	73,060	168.4	A2/10
58	Watertown	22,538	168.6	A2/10
59	Fox Valley Metro	23,754	181.0	A3/10
60	Pleasant Prairie	21,937	186.9	A3/10
61	Delavan	10,723	195.8	A3/10
62	Chippewa Falls	15,163	204.4	A3/10
63	Stoughton	12,996	207.8	A3/10
64	Appleton	74,394	208.4	A3/10
65	Manitowoc	34,546	208.4	A3/10
66	Two Rivers	11,138	215.5	A3/10
67	Grand Chute	24,998	220.0	A3/10
68	Superior	26,310	220.4	A3/10
69	West Bend	31,947	222.2	A3/10
70	Wauwatosa	46,968	223.6	A3/10
71	Fort Atkinson	12,274	236.3	A3/10
72	Glendale	14,630	239.2	A3/10
73	Oshkosh	67,327	252.5	A3/10
74	Wisconsin Rapids	18,631	257.6	A3/10
75	Wausau	40,318	257.9	A3/10
76	Madison	282,045	259.9	A3/10
77	West Allis	58,862	261.6	B4/10
78	Marinette	11,145	269.2	B4/10
79	Waupun	11,027	281.1	B4/10
80	Kenosha	99,483	316.6	B4/10
81	Brown Deer	12,636	356.1	B4/10
82	Racine	78,032	356.3	B4/10
83	Whitewater	16,072	360.9	B5/10
84	Sheboygan	49,537	367.4	B5/10
85	Fond du Lac	44,418	394.0	B5/10
86	Green Bay	106,069	406.3	B5/10
87	La Crosse	50,663	416.5	B5/10
88	Beloit	36,611	426.1	B5/10
89	Milwaukee	560,416	1447.9	F10/10

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About this ranking

Cities are ranked by the FBI's reported violent crime rate per 100,000 residents for the most recent fully-reported year (see individual city pages for the year shown). The list is restricted to cities with population ≥ 10,000 that report to the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer. Refreshed every six months.