What is the crime rate in Oak Creek, WI?

In 2025, the Oak Creek Police Department reported 28 violent crimes and 695 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 72 violent and 1,792 property crimes per 100,000 of the 38,780 residents it serves.

Across Wisconsin the rates were 245 and 1,033.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 72
Property per 100,000: 1,792
Violent crimes: 28
Property crimes: 695

Crime reported by the Oak Creek Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	54	150	668	1,855	36,003
2024	56	149	651	1,728	37,665
2025	28	72	695	1,792	38,780

Violent crimes reported went from 54 in 2023 to 28 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 668 in 2023 to 695 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Oak Creek against Wisconsin and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Oak Creek	72	1,792
Milwaukee County	746	2,185
Wisconsin	245	1,033
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Oak Creek, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Oak Creek	—	72	1,792
South Milwaukee	3.0 mi	129	976
Cudahy	5.0 mi	91	598
Caledonia	5.7 mi	59	373
Franklin	5.7 mi	52	990
St. Francis	6.5 mi	124	809
Greendale	6.7 mi	49	941
Greenfield	7.8 mi	105	2,214
Hales Corners	8.8 mi	64	489

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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