Crime Grade · Wisconsin

Most Dangerous Cities in Wisconsin

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

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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.