Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Brown Deer, WI Crime Grade
How Brown Deer grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Wisconsin — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Wisconsin
10/10
vs. Wisconsin cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Brown Deer, WI was 356.1 per 100,000 residents (45 incidents over a population of 12,636). That puts Brown Deer 2% below the U.S. rate of 364.7 and 24% above the Wisconsin statewide rate of 287.6.
That ranks Brown Deer #2,870 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 24% of them, and #81 of 89 in Wisconsin. Violent crime is down 12% year over year and down 11% over the last five years.
Brown Deer, WI crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Wisconsin Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 356.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,870 of 3,771
- WI rank
- #81 of 89
- Safer than
- 24% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 12%
- 5-year change
- down 11%
- Population
- 12,636
- Reporting agency
- Brown Deer Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Brown Deer Police Department (FBI ORI WI0410200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Brown Deer, WI
Also known as
- White Deer
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Brown Deer (red), Wisconsin (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Brown Deer vs. U.S., 2024 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 398.0(47) | 454.9(56) | 280.9(36) | 402.8(51) | 356.1(45) |
| Murder | 8.5(1) | 24.4(3) | 15.6(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 33.9(4) | 56.9(7) | 31.2(4) | 39.5(5) | 47.5(6) |
| Robbery | 135.5(16) | 65.0(8) | 78.0(10) | 102.7(13) | 55.4(7) |
| Aggravated assault | 220.2(26) | 308.7(38) | 156.0(20) | 260.6(33) | 253.2(32) |
| Property crime | 3785.6(447) | 5564.6(685) | 5133.8(658) | 5086.5(644) | 2611.6(330) |
| Burglary | 160.9(19) | 211.2(26) | 85.8(11) | 94.8(12) | 387.8(49) |
| Larceny | 3311.3(391) | 4289.2(528) | 4135.1(530) | 4628.4(586) | 2018.0(255) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 287.9(34) | 1056.1(130) | 889.4(114) | 355.4(45) | 205.8(26) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Brown Deer, WI Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Brown Deer Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Brown Deer calculated?
- Brown Deer's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Wisconsin state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Wisconsin cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Brown Deer Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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