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Safety in Milwaukee

Milwaukee ranks #85 of 134 US cities for staying safe, with a safety score of 37 — Some Fun. That puts it in the 37th percentile nationally and #2 of 2 in Wisconsin.

safety score
37
Some Fun
National rank
#85 of 134
In Wisconsin
#2 of 2
Percentile
37th

The typical city scores 50 for staying safe; Milwaukee sits 13 points below the median.

How safety is measured

Reported violent and property crime rates.

The safety score is the flip side of our crime measure — 100 minus the raw crime score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data sources: FBI Crime Data Explorer and city open-data crime portals.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Milwaukee

  1. T#83 Montgomery, AL 38
  2. T#83 Santa Fe, NM 38
  3. #85 Milwaukee, WI — this page 37
  4. #86 Norfolk, VA 36
  5. T#87 Austin, TX 35

See the full leaderboard — The safest cities in America →

Top US cities for staying safe

  1. #1 Jackson, WY 100
  2. #2 Gilbert, AZ 99
  3. T#3 Boise, ID 98
  4. T#3 Santa Clarita, CA 98
  5. #5 Irvine, CA 97

More about Milwaukee

Milwaukee scores 70 overall (Very Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: