3 Safest Cities in Wisconsin (2023 FBI Crime Data)
These are the 3 safest cities in Wisconsin, ranked by per-capita crime rate using 2023 FBI Uniform Crime Reporting data.Wisconsin has a statewide violent crime rate of 322.3 per 100,000 residents. The safest city in Wisconsin is Green Bay with a Safety Context Score of 76/100. All rates are per 100,000 residents, never raw counts.
| # | City | Population | Violent/100K | Property/100K | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Green Bay | 107K | 198.7 | 1,654 | B (76) |
| 2 | Milwaukee | 577K | 240.6 | 1,580 | B (75) |
| 3 | Madison | 270K | 546.2 | 1,385 | C (60) |
All rates per 100,000 residents. Source: FBI UCR 2023.
Crime statistics for Wisconsin cities are derived from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) data. All figures represent per-capita rates per 100,000 residents, not raw counts.
Frequently Asked Questions
Based on FBI crime data and our Safety Context Score, Green Bay is the safest city in Wisconsin with a score of 76/100 (Grade B), a violent crime rate of 198.7 per 100,000, and a property crime rate of 1,654 per 100,000.
Cities are ranked using our Safety Context Score (0-100), which weighs violent crime rate vs. national average (40%), property crime rate vs. national average (30%), and 5-year trend direction (30%). All rates are per 100,000 residents, never raw counts.
Crime in Wisconsin has increased 0.0% over the past 5 years based on FBI data.
Safety Context Score: violent crime vs. national average (40%), property crime vs. national average (30%), 5-year trend (30%). All rates per 100,000 residents.
The this entity category groups every U.S. city and county crime rates entity sharing this attribute. The list above is the data; the paragraphs below explain what the grouping means against the broader the FBI UCR/NIBRS dataset distribution and how to read the relative rankings within the category.
For readers using this category as a starting point, the per-entity detail pages linked from the table above carry the underlying the FBI UCR/NIBRS dataset data in full. The category-level view is the filter; the per-entity pages are the actual answer.
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, 2026.