Milwaukee Crime Map
Wisconsin · Latest 24h · updated 2026-11-12
| Latest 24h | 1 incident, 1 violent (2026-11-11) |
|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | 30,331 incidents through October |
| 2025 (full year) | 39,111 incidents |
| Full archive | 114,233 incidents (2024–2026) |
| Per 100K / year | 6,940 |
Source: Milwaukee Police Department open data.
About crime in Milwaukee
Latest mapped day. Milwaukee recorded 1 incident on 2026-11-11, including 1 violent-category incident. This is a short-window snapshot of police open data, not a personal-safety score.
Year-over-year context
Milwaukee recorded 44,269 incidents in 2024 and 39,111 in 2025, a 11.7% decrease. Year-to-year comparisons depend on consistent source coverage and reporting definitions.
Latest 24h (2026-11-11) category breakdown
| Assault | 1 |
Across 2024–2026, the current archive contains 114,233 incidents for Milwaukee. Missing categories or periods reflect what the source publishes; missing is not zero.
Milwaukee crime overview
Essay updated 2026-11-12 · figures above are from the latest data
TL;DR. Milwaukee recorded 39,111 police-reported incidents in 2025. Other was the most reported category with 10,363 incidents, accounting for 26.5% of the total, followed by assault with 9,283 incidents. Violent incidents totaled 11,335. The 2025 total was down 11.7% from 44,269 in 2024, while January–October 2026 was down 9.5% compared with the same months in 2025. That equals 6,940.3 reported incidents per 100,000 residents based on the Census 2024 population of 563,531.
About this data
TheCrimeMaps map of Milwaukee, Wisconsin plots police-reported incidents published by the Milwaukee Police Department. Each point represents an incident record from calendar year 2025, with categories including assault, auto theft, vandalism, theft from vehicle and theft. The full-year dataset for 2025 contains 39,111 police-reported incidents, including 11,335 violent-category incidents covering assault, sexual assault, robbery, shooting and homicide.
That equals 6,940.3 reported incidents per 100,000 residents in 2025, based on the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 population estimate of 563,531 for the city. The violent-category rate was 2,011.4 reported incidents per 100,000 residents. Figures describe police reports, not a measure of personal risk. Data on TheCrimeMaps extends through November 2026, with 114,233 incidents across all years from 2024 to 2026 in the Milwaukee archive.
Recent trend
Reported incidents in Milwaukee declined between the two consecutive complete calendar years. The 2025 total of 39,111 was 11.7% lower than the 2024 total of 44,269. The archive also includes 30,853 incidents in 2026, but 2026 covers 11 months and is not complete, so it is not compared as a full year. On a same-period basis, January–October 2026 recorded 30,331 incidents, down 9.5% from 33,529 in January–October 2025. Both comparisons use the same reporting basis from the Milwaukee Police Department and describe counts of police reports.
Category breakdown
Of the 39,111 incidents in 2025, Other was the largest grouping at 10,363 incidents, or 26.5% of the total. The source groups many incident types under Other, including 3,905 records of other crime, 3,312 weapons offenses and 2,503 threats. Assault ranked second with 9,283 incidents, or 23.7%, followed by Auto theft in third with 4,889 incidents, or 12.5%. The next three categories were closely grouped in size: Vandalism with 3,466 incidents, or 8.9%, Theft from vehicle with 3,267 incidents, or 8.4%, and Theft with 3,266 incidents, or 8.4%. Combined, assault and the violent-category total of 11,335 incidents accounted for 29% of all 2025 reports.
What this means
Milwaukee recorded 39,111 incidents in 2025, compared with 44,269 in 2024, while 2026 shows 30,853 incidents in the archive. Other leads 2025 at 10,363 incidents, 26.5%, followed by Assault at 9,283 incidents, 23.7%, and Auto theft at 4,889 incidents, 12.5%. Vandalism accounts for 3,466 incidents, 8.9%, while Theft from vehicle at 3,267 incidents, 8.4%, and Theft at 3,266 incidents, 8.4%, are nearly identical in count. The close pairing of those lower-ranked theft categories stands out against the larger Other and Assault groupings.
FAQ
How many crimes were reported in Milwaukee in 2025?
Milwaukee had 39,111 police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025. That equals 6,940.3 reported incidents per 100,000 residents in 2025, based on the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 population estimate of 563,531 for the city. The violent-category total for 2025 was 11,335 incidents, or 29% of the yearly total.
What type of crime was reported most in Milwaukee in 2025?
Other was the largest category in Milwaukee in 2025, with 10,363 incidents, or 26.5% of the 39,111 total. It includes Other crime with 3,905 reports, Weapons offenses with 3,312, Threats with 2,503, Drugs with 603, and Impaired & dangerous driving with 40. Assault was next, with 9,283 reports, or 23.7% of the yearly total.
Did reported crime go up or down in Milwaukee from 2024 to 2025?
Reported incidents declined from 44,269 in complete calendar year 2024 to 39,111 in complete calendar year 2025, a change of -11.7%. For the same months in both years, January–October 2026 had 30,331 reports compared with 33,529 in January–October 2025, a change of -9.5%. The 2026 full-year count of 30,853 covers only 11 months with data.
What does the 2025 data show for Milwaukee neighborhoods?
This page summarizes Milwaukee citywide for 2025, including 39,111 total incidents and 11,335 violent-category incidents, without a ranked list of named neighborhoods for that period. That means categories like Auto theft with 4,889 reports and Vandalism with 3,466 reports are city totals. For street- or district-level detail, use Milwaukee Police Department records for the specific address and dates of interest.
Where does the Milwaukee crime data come from?
Counts for Milwaukee come from the Milwaukee Police Department, which reported 39,111 incidents for calendar year 2025. The same source reported 44,269 incidents for 2024 and 30,853 incidents for 2026 to date, for an all-years archive total of 114,233 incidents covering 2024 through 2026. Categories and yearly counts on this page reflect that department reporting.
How current is the Milwaukee crime data?
Data on this page includes complete 12-month reporting for 2025 and extends through November 2026. The year-to-date comparison uses January–October 2026 with 30,331 reports versus 33,529 in the same months of 2025. Archive figures combine 2024 through 2026 for 114,233 incidents, so the 2025 total of 39,111 remains the latest complete calendar-year headline.
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By category
- Milwaukee Assault (27,905)
- Milwaukee Sexual assault (1,575)
- Milwaukee Robbery (4,275)
- Milwaukee Homicide (281)
- Milwaukee Burglary (5,304)
- Milwaukee Auto theft (14,450)
- Milwaukee Theft from vehicle (9,828)
- Milwaukee Theft (9,276)
- Milwaukee Vandalism (10,204)
- Milwaukee Fraud (1,985)
- Milwaukee Other (29,150)
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