Safest Places to Live in Wisconsin of April 2024

Last Update: March 11, 2023 • Living •

Wisconsin is a state located in the Midwest and Great Lake regions. It is the 20th most populous state and home to almost 6 million people. The largest city is Milwaukee, with almost 600,000 residents. The capital of Wisconsin in Madison.

Wisconsin is also known as ‘America’s Dairyland’ thanks to its dairy products, especially cheese. Other major contributors to the economy of Wisconsin are manufacturing information technology.

Ranking Criteria

ElitePersonalFinance extracted the latest data from the FBI crime statistics in the United States. We took violent crime as the main criteria. To get our score, we used this formula:

Crime Score = ( Total Number of Violent Crimes / Population ) * 1,000

This way, safer cities got the lowest score, and those more vulnerable to crimes got higher scores.

The cities that did not report crimes to the FBI and those under 5,000 residents were not included in the list.

30 Safest Places in Wisconsin of April 2024

Rank:	City:	Population:	Total Number of Crimes:	Crime Score:
1	Waterford Town	6 505	0	0,00
2	Cedarburg	11 548	2	0,17
3	Edgerton	5 646	1	0,18
4	Berlin	5 401	1	0,19
5	Muskego	25 224	5	0,20
6	Whitefish Bay	13 816	3	0,22
7	Waupun	11 315	3	0,27
8	Oconomowoc Town	8 741	3	0,34
9	Mukwonago	8 144	3	0,37
10	Sheboygan Falls	7 947	3	0,38
11	Geneva Town	5 045	2	0,40
12	Grand Rapids	7 405	3	0,41
13	Cottage Grove	7 203	3	0,42
14	Sturgeon Bay	8 937	4	0,45
15	Fox Point	6 599	3	0,45
16	New Berlin	39 752	20	0,50
17	Hobart-Lawrence	15 460	8	0,52
18	Reedsburg	9 554	5	0,52
19	Delafield	7 610	4	0,53
20	Onalaska	18 825	10	0,53
21	Burlington	11 057	6	0,54
22	McFarland	8 961	5	0,56
23	Mequon	24 548	14	0,57
24	Plymouth	8 765	5	0,57
25	Middleton	20 072	12	0,60
26	Mukwonago Town	8 167	5	0,61
27	Pleasant Prairie	21 074	13	0,62
28	Elm Grove	6 195	4	0,65
29	Hartford	15 460	10	0,65
30	Monroe	10 537	7	0,66

Crime Score in All Cities in Wisconsin of April 2024

If your city didn’t make our list, you could see our full list of Wisconsin cities.

We can’t compare crime rates in small and large cities. That’s why ElitePersonalFinance made a detailed analysis and narrowed the results according to population segments:

Under 3,000 Residents
3,000 – 10,000 Residents
10,000 – 30,000 Residents
30,000 – 100,000 Residents
Over 100,000 Residents

(Other sites don’t include places with under 3,000 residents, but we included them.)

These are the results that we got:

Under 3,000 Residents

Rank:	City:	Population:	Total Number of Crimes:	Crime Score:
1	Gilman	393	0	0,00
2	Hancock	401	0	0,00
3	Readstown	418	0	0,00
4	Neshkoro	426	0	0,00
5	Birchwood	433	0	0,00
6	Endeavor	461	0	0,00
7	Linden	531	0	0,00
8	Lena	538	0	0,00
9	Brownsville	573	0	0,00
10	Chenequa	604	0	0,00
11	Oconomowoc Lake	604	0	0,00
12	Webster	616	0	0,00
13	Avoca	625	0	0,00
14	Norwalk	632	0	0,00
15	Wild Rose	691	0	0,00
16	Cascade	692	0	0,00
17	La Farge	760	0	0,00
18	Siren	770	0	0,00
19	Plainfield	824	0	0,00
20	Rib Lake	867	0	0,00
21	Iron Ridge	891	0	0,00
22	Shiocton	919	0	0,00
23	Elkhart Lake	1 018	0	0,00
24	Rosendale	1 029	0	0,00
25	Rio	1 033	0	0,00
26	Strum	1 088	0	0,00
27	Marion	1 183	0	0,00
28	Shullsburg	1 189	0	0,00
29	Theresa	1 204	0	0,00
30	Brandon-Fairwater	1 212	0	0,00
31	Hazel Green	1 225	0	0,00
32	Westfield	1 254	0	0,00
33	Gillett	1 295	0	0,00
34	Maple Bluff	1 319	0	0,00
35	Spring Valley	1 352	0	0,00
36	Ripon Town	1 374	0	0,00
37	Mishicot	1 382	0	0,00
38	Cornell	1 396	0	0,00
39	Hurley	1 426	0	0,00
40	Fox Lake	1 445	0	0,00
41	Cleveland	1 450	0	0,00
42	Big Bend	1 460	0	0,00
43	Bangor	1 468	0	0,00
44	Whitehall	1 569	0	0,00
45	Galesville	1 571	0	0,00
46	Thorp	1 618	0	0,00
47	Spring Green	1 644	0	0,00
48	Osseo	1 672	0	0,00
49	Port Edwards	1 772	0	0,00
50	Hammond	1 885	0	0,00
51	Campbellsport	1 969	0	0,00
52	Cuba City	2 034	0	0,00
53	Kohler	2 063	0	0,00
54	Cumberland	2 099	0	0,00
55	Linn Township	2 406	0	0,00
56	Nekoosa	2 432	0	0,00
57	Genoa City	2 992	0	0,00
58	Hortonville	2 805	1	0,36
59	Williams Bay	2 638	1	0,38
60	Neillsville	2 388	1	0,42
61	Wautoma	2 118	1	0,47
62	Eagle Village	2 112	1	0,47
63	Three Lakes	2 101	1	0,48
64	Shorewood Hills	2 079	1	0,48
65	Palmyra	1 767	1	0,57
66	Fall River	1 715	1	0,58
67	Wind Point	1 702	1	0,59
68	Trempealeau	1 652	1	0,61
69	River Hills	1 579	1	0,63
70	Brooklyn	1 474	1	0,68
71	Montello	1 461	1	0,68
72	Edgar	1 439	1	0,69
73	Walworth	2 837	2	0,70
74	Phillips	1 339	1	0,75
75	Fall Creek	1 308	1	0,76
76	Independence	1 295	1	0,77
77	Barneveld	1 256	1	0,80
78	Winneconne	2 506	2	0,80
79	Lomira	2 469	2	0,81
80	Belleville	2 459	2	0,81
81	Iron River	1 135	1	0,88
82	North Prairie	2 249	2	0,89
83	New Glarus	2 187	2	0,91
84	Albany	994	1	1,01
85	Green Lake	961	1	1,04
86	Durand	1 810	2	1,10
87	Butler	1 807	2	1,11
88	Fontana	1 729	2	1,16
89	Luxemburg	2 557	3	1,17
90	Highland	833	1	1,20
91	Pittsville	829	1	1,21
92	Mineral Point	2 477	3	1,21
93	Blanchardville	791	1	1,26
94	Sharon	1 559	2	1,28
95	Eagle River	1 548	2	1,29
96	Marathon City	1 500	2	1,33
97	Oconto Falls	2 793	4	1,43
98	Markesan	1 395	2	1,43
99	Rome Town	2 727	4	1,47
100	Blair	1 345	2	1,49
101	Juneau	2 639	4	1,52
102	Poynette	2 499	4	1,60
103	Crandon	1 826	3	1,64
104	Oxford	603	1	1,66
105	Darlington	2 324	4	1,72
106	Colfax	1 154	2	1,73
107	Kewaunee	2 836	5	1,76
108	Cashton	1 111	2	1,80
109	Niagara	1 545	3	1,94
110	Bayfield	476	1	2,10
111	Westby	2 238	5	2,23
112	Fennimore	2 465	6	2,43
113	Woodruff	1 962	5	2,55
114	Princeton	1 167	3	2,57
115	Boyceville	1 130	3	2,65
116	Spencer	1 883	5	2,66
117	Park Falls	2 212	6	2,71
118	Athens	1 078	3	2,78
119	Clinton	2 154	6	2,79
120	Hillsboro	1 398	4	2,86
121	Chetek	2 097	6	2,86
122	Amery	2 792	8	2,87
123	Elk Mound	878	3	3,42
124	Hayward	2 296	8	3,48
125	Muscoda	1 252	5	3,99
126	Grantsburg	1 283	6	4,68
127	Adams	1 886	9	4,77
128	Washburn	2 039	10	4,90
129	Spooner	2 598	13	5,00
130	Pepin	758	4	5,28
131	St. Croix Falls	2 032	13	6,40
132	Manawa	1 286	10	7,78
133	Osceola	2 511	21	8,36

3,000 – 10,000 Residents

Rank:	City:	Population:	Total Number of Crimes:	Crime Score:
1	Thiensville	3 139	0	0,00
2	Milton Town	3 152	0	0,00
3	Brodhead	3 240	0	0,00
4	Fulton	3 410	0	0,00
5	Hartford Township	3 570	0	0,00
6	Waterford Town	6 505	0	0,00
7	Edgerton	5 646	1	0,18
8	Berlin	5 401	1	0,19
9	Saukville	4 428	1	0,23
10	Campbell Township	4 337	1	0,23
11	Waterloo	3 350	1	0,30
12	New Holstein	3 056	1	0,33
13	Oconomowoc Town	8 741	3	0,34
14	Mukwonago	8 144	3	0,37
15	Sheboygan Falls	7 947	3	0,38
16	Geneva Town	5 045	2	0,40
17	Grand Rapids	7 405	3	0,41
18	Cottage Grove	7 203	3	0,42
19	Sturgeon Bay	8 937	4	0,45
20	Fox Point	6 599	3	0,45
21	Kewaskum	4 244	2	0,47
22	Colby-Abbotsford	4 152	2	0,48
23	Reedsburg	9 554	5	0,52
24	North Hudson	3 813	2	0,52
25	Delafield	7 610	4	0,53
26	Chilton	3 774	2	0,53
27	Horicon	3 587	2	0,56
28	McFarland	8 961	5	0,56
29	Plymouth	8 765	5	0,57
30	Mukwonago Town	8 167	5	0,61
31	Elm Grove	6 195	4	0,65
32	Lodi	3 070	2	0,65
33	Algoma	3 030	2	0,66
34	Viroqua	4 412	3	0,68
35	Bayside	4 342	3	0,69
36	Prairie du Chien	5 636	4	0,71
37	Pewaukee Village	8 190	6	0,73
38	Sturtevant	6 645	5	0,75
39	Hales Corners	7 578	6	0,79
40	Sauk Prairie	4 633	4	0,86
41	Kronenwetter	8 095	7	0,86
42	Slinger	5 527	5	0,90
43	Beloit Town	7 707	7	0,91
44	Cross Plains	4 346	4	0,92
45	Mount Horeb	7 481	7	0,94
46	Brookfield Township	6 281	6	0,96
47	Tomahawk	3 130	3	0,96
48	Hartland	9 366	9	0,96
49	Ladysmith	3 111	3	0,96
50	Mosinee	4 072	4	0,98
51	West Salem	5 087	5	0,98
52	New London	7 118	7	0,98
53	Town of East Troy	4 064	4	0,98
54	Monona	8 106	9	1,11
55	Jefferson	8 042	9	1,12
56	Lake Geneva	8 001	9	1,12
57	Altoona	7 939	9	1,13
58	Peshtigo	3 333	4	1,20
59	Elkhorn	9 989	12	1,20
60	Jackson	7 218	9	1,25
61	Dodgeville	4 713	6	1,27
62	Arcadia	3 044	4	1,31
63	Rothschild	5 266	7	1,33
64	Stanley	3 710	5	1,35
65	Waupaca	5 874	8	1,36
66	North Fond du Lac	5 098	7	1,37
67	Omro	3 587	5	1,39
68	Milton	5 621	8	1,42
69	Black River Falls	3 454	5	1,45
70	St. Francis	9 526	14	1,47
71	Delavan Town	5 339	8	1,50
72	Ellsworth	3 306	5	1,51
73	Marshall Village	3 967	6	1,51
74	Sparta	9 823	15	1,53
75	Merrill	9 017	14	1,55
76	Bloomfield	6 342	10	1,58
77	Brillion	3 100	5	1,61
78	East Troy	4 327	7	1,62
79	Prescott	4 278	7	1,64
80	Mayville	4 859	8	1,65
81	Lake Mills	5 949	10	1,68
82	Rhinelander	7 615	13	1,71
83	Delavan	9 889	17	1,72
84	Lake Hallie	6 724	12	1,78
85	Ripon	7 820	15	1,92
86	Columbus	5 090	10	1,96
87	Minocqua	4 409	9	2,04
88	Lancaster	3 716	8	2,15
89	Pulaski	3 598	8	2,22
90	Richland Center	4 923	11	2,23
91	Town of Madison	6 934	16	2,31
92	New Richmond	9 268	22	2,37
93	Rice Lake	8 369	21	2,51
94	Summit	4 944	13	2,63
95	Twin Lakes	6 157	17	2,76
96	Tomah	9 406	26	2,76
97	Kiel	3 808	11	2,89
98	Barron	3 306	10	3,02
99	Oconto	4 517	14	3,10
100	Bloomer	3 499	11	3,14
101	Ashland	7 859	25	3,18
102	Mauston	4 364	14	3,21
103	Medford	4 313	14	3,25
104	Seymour	3 474	12	3,45
105	West Milwaukee	4 107	30	7,30
106	Lake Delton	3 005	24	7,99

10,000 – 30,000 Residents

Rank:	City:	Population:	Total Number of Crimes:	Crime Score:
1	Cedarburg	11 548	2	0,17
2	Muskego	25 224	5	0,20
3	Whitefish Bay	13 816	3	0,22
4	Waupun	11 315	3	0,27
5	Hobart-Lawrence	15 460	8	0,52
6	Onalaska	18 825	10	0,53
7	Burlington	11 057	6	0,54
8	Mequon	24 548	14	0,57
9	Middleton	20 072	12	0,60
10	Pleasant Prairie	21 074	13	0,62
11	Hartford	15 460	10	0,65
12	Monroe	10 537	7	0,66
13	Grafton	11 798	8	0,68
14	Oregon	10 677	8	0,75
15	Oconomowoc	16 980	13	0,77
16	De Pere	25 163	20	0,79
17	Germantown	19 983	16	0,80
18	River Falls	16 069	13	0,81
19	Caledonia	25 123	21	0,84
20	Kaukauna	16 341	14	0,86
21	Holmen	10 217	9	0,88
22	Greendale	14 057	13	0,92
23	Deforest	10 766	10	0,93
24	Marinette	10 569	11	1,04
25	Waunakee	14 163	15	1,06
26	Fox Valley Metro	22 190	25	1,13
27	Ashwaubenon	17 311	21	1,21
28	Fox Crossing	18 992	25	1,32
29	Verona	13 510	18	1,33
30	Hudson	14 074	19	1,35
31	South Milwaukee	20 731	29	1,40
32	Mount Pleasant	27 070	40	1,48
33	Shorewood	13 217	20	1,51
34	Plover	13 164	20	1,52
35	Platteville	12 115	19	1,57
36	Wisconsin Rapids	17 613	28	1,59
37	Marshfield	18 216	29	1,59
38	Cudahy	18 164	29	1,60
39	Portage	10 452	17	1,63
40	Beaver Dam	16 375	27	1,65
41	Neenah	26 133	45	1,72
42	Watertown	23 596	47	1,99
43	Whitewater	14 997	31	2,07
44	Fort Atkinson	12 519	26	2,08
45	Stevens Point	26 095	55	2,11
46	Menomonie	16 573	36	2,17
47	Stoughton	13 110	30	2,29
48	Baraboo	12 151	28	2,30
49	Port Washington	11 908	29	2,44
50	Two Rivers	11 027	28	2,54
51	Glendale	12 792	33	2,58
52	Menasha	17 809	48	2,70
53	Superior	25 967	72	2,77
54	Grand Chute	23 450	69	2,94
55	Brown Deer	11 869	40	3,37
56	Chippewa Falls	14 237	50	3,51
57	Everest Metropolitan	17 340	76	4,38

30,000 – 100,000 Residents

Rank:	City:	Population:	Total Number of Crimes:	Crime Score:
1	New Berlin	39 752	20	0,50
2	Franklin	35 875	25	0,70
3	Menomonee Falls	37 936	28	0,74
4	Brookfield	38 879	31	0,80
5	Waukesha	72 718	67	0,92
6	Sun Prairie	34 562	33	0,95
7	Oak Creek	36 679	40	1,09
8	Wauwatosa	48 562	57	1,17
9	Greenfield	37 387	64	1,71
10	West Bend	31 638	67	2,12
11	Manitowoc	32 497	73	2,25
12	Janesville	64 687	148	2,29
13	La Crosse	51 591	122	2,36
14	Appleton	74 757	206	2,76
15	Eau Claire	69 195	191	2,76
16	Oshkosh	66 797	190	2,84
17	Fitchburg	30 854	93	3,01
18	Fond du Lac	42 954	134	3,12
19	West Allis	59 302	211	3,56
20	Sheboygan	48 035	172	3,58
21	Racine	77 269	291	3,77
22	Wausau	38 507	156	4,05
23	Beloit	37 025	154	4,16

Over 100,000 Residents

Rank:	City:	Population:	Total Number of Crimes:	Crime Score:
1	Kenosha	100 255	311	3,10
2	Madison	261 270	940	3,60
3	Green Bay	104 992	529	5,04
4	Milwaukee	590 923	7 874	13,32