What is the crime rate in South Milwaukee, WI?

In 2025, the South Milwaukee Police Department reported 26 violent crimes and 196 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 129 violent and 976 property crimes per 100,000 of the 20,084 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: 129
Property per 100,000: 976
Violent crimes: 26
Property crimes: 196

Crime reported by the South Milwaukee 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	29	144	238	1,181	20,148
2024	32	159	264	1,308	20,178
2025	26	129	196	976	20,084

Violent crimes reported went from 29 in 2023 to 26 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 238 in 2023 to 196 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.

South Milwaukee against Wisconsin and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
South Milwaukee	129	976
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 South Milwaukee, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
South Milwaukee	—	129	976
Cudahy	2.4 mi	91	598
Oak Creek	3.0 mi	72	1,792
St. Francis	4.1 mi	124	809
Greendale	7.3 mi	49	941
Franklin	7.8 mi	52	990
Greenfield	8.0 mi	105	2,214
Caledonia	8.0 mi	59	373
West Milwaukee	8.8 mi	605	21,508

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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