Crime reports from the Milwaukee Police Department, mapped by block. Source: Milwaukee Police Department data from the City of Milwaukee open data portal. Milwaukee updates its file daily. Search a street, filter by type, or download the list as a spreadsheet.
In 2025, Milwaukee police reported 6,409 violent crimes (1,145 per 100,000 residents), including 142 murders, 1,258 robberies and 4,691 aggravated assaults, plus 13,277 property crimes, according to FBI data.
Population covered: 559,717. Violent-crime rate rank: 1 of 3 large Wisconsin cities on this site (1 = highest rate). Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, agency WIMPD0000, January–December 2025.
| City | Violent / 100k | Violent | Murders | Property / 100k | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee | 1,145 | 6,409 | 142 | 2,372 | Live |
| Green Bay | 450 | 477 | 2 | 1,185 | Totals |
| Madison | 214 | 616 | 5 | 1,880 | Totals |
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency counts for 2025 (all 12 months reported unless noted), retrieved October 7, 2026. Rates use the population the FBI lists for each police agency.
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Milwaukee's violent-crime rate of 1,145 per 100,000 people in 2025 was 4.8 times the Wisconsin rate (237) and 3.6 times the U.S. rate (320). That works out to one reported violent crime for every 87 residents, or about 123.3 a week.
Among the 362 cities with full-year FBI numbers on CityCrimeMap, Milwaukee ranks 19th for violent crime, in the higher half, and 9th for murder (142 murders, 25.4 per 100,000).
Aggravated assaults made up 73% of Milwaukee's violent crimes and robberies 20%, a bigger robbery share than the 15% seen nationally.
Property crime ran 2,372 per 100,000, 2.4 times Wisconsin overall. Milwaukee police logged 4,831 vehicle thefts (863 per 100,000, 11th of 351; Wisconsin: 131) and 1,912 burglaries (342 per 100,000, 3.6 times the state).
The closest city we cover is Elgin, 73 miles south in Illinois; its violent-crime rate (218) is less than half Milwaukee's.
Out-of-state cities near Milwaukee's size (559,717 residents): Albuquerque, NM at 1,024 violent crimes per 100,000 and Tucson, AZ at 368.
By the FBI's 2025 numbers, Milwaukee had 1,145 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, 4.8 times the statewide 237. It is 1st highest of the 3 Wisconsin cities on this site; Green Bay is next at 450. A city-wide rate does not tell you about a single block.
Milwaukee police reported 142 murders for 2025, a rate of 25.4 per 100,000 residents. The Wisconsin rate was 4 and the national rate 4.1.
4,831 vehicles were reported stolen in Milwaukee in 2025, 863 per 100,000 residents. That is 4.4 times the national rate of 195 and ranks 11th of 351 cities on this site.