Milwaukee Fraud

Milwaukee · Fraud · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Milwaukee police open data recorded 743 fraud incidents, 1.9% of all 39,111 incidents reported in the city that year and down 7.8% from 2024. That is about 132 per 100,000 residents, compared with 309 per 100,000 across the 58 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 436 fraud incidents have been published.

Fraud in Milwaukee by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)436——
2025743132down 7.8%
2024806143—

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 1,985 fraud incidents.

Questions

How many fraud incidents were reported in Milwaukee in 2025?

743, according to Milwaukee Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is fraud going up or down in Milwaukee?

Reported fraud was down 7.8% in 2025 compared with 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Source: Milwaukee Police Department open data. TheCrimeMaps.com groups each published offense into a crime type; counts are police-reported incidents, not convictions, and some reports are reclassified or removed by the source later.

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