What is the crime rate in Wauwatosa, WI?

In 2025, the Wauwatosa Police Department reported 87 violent crimes and 1,126 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 178 violent and 2,304 property crimes per 100,000 of the 48,869 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: 178
Property per 100,000: 2,304
Violent crimes: 87
Property crimes: 1,126

Crime reported by the Wauwatosa 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	83	177	1,151	2,452	46,935
2024	105	224	1,266	2,695	46,968
2025	87	178	1,126	2,304	48,869

Violent crimes reported went from 83 in 2023 to 87 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 1,151 in 2023 to 1,126 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.

Wauwatosa against Wisconsin and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Wauwatosa	178	2,304
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 Wauwatosa, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Wauwatosa	—	178	2,304
Elm Grove	2.8 mi	16	517
Milwaukee	3.5 mi	1,145	2,401
Butler	3.6 mi	57	2,833
Brookfield	4.2 mi	63	796
West Milwaukee	4.8 mi	605	21,508
Glendale	7.0 mi	260	3,903
Town of Brookfield	7.1 mi	46	1,361
Greenfield	7.2 mi	105	2,214

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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