Brookfield, WI Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Brookfield, WI Summary

Crime in Brookfield research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Brookfield over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Brookfield:

  • There were 558 total crimes committed in Brookfield the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,344.9 total crimes per 100K people in Brookfield.
  • The overall crime rate in Brookfield is -42.13% below the national average.
  • Brookfield ranks #229 safest out of 336 cities in Wisconsin.
  • Brookfield ranks #4,858 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Brookfield Vs Wisconsin And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Brookfield is 1,344.9 per 100,000 people. That's -42.13% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -25.65% lower than the Wisconsin total crime rate of 1,809.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Brookfield
/ 100k People
Wisconsin
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 558 1,344.9 1,809.0 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.3 6.3
Robbery 7 16.9 52.8 66.1
Aggravated Assault 5 12.1 230.6 268.2
Violent Crime 17 41.0 323.4 369.8
Burglary 29 69.9 218.5 269.8
Larceny 469 1,130.4 1,106.1 1,401.9
Car Theft 43 103.6 161.0 282.7
Property Crime 541 1,304.0 1,485.7 1,954.4

Brookfield Crime Compared To Wisconsin Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Wisconsin.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Brookfield

17
Violent Crimes
41.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-88.92%
Below The National Average
  • There were 17 violent crimes in Brookfield in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Brookfield is 41.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 2,440.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Brookfield each year. That compares to a 1 in 309.2 chance statewide.
  • That's -88.92% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -87.33% lower than the Wisconsin violent crime rate of 323.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Brookfield

541
Property Crimes
1,304.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
-33.28%
Below The National Average
  • There were 541 property crimes in Brookfield in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Brookfield is 1,304.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 76.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Brookfield each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -33.28% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -12.23% lower than the Wisconsin property crime rate of 1,485.7 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Brookfield

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
West Allis, WI 58,681 1,698 2,893.6 2,607.3 286.3
Wauwatosa, WI 47,149 1,295 2,746.6 2,547.2 199.4
New Berlin, WI 40,358 329 815.2 770.6 44.6
Menomonee Falls, WI 39,312 385 979.3 908.1 71.2
Mequon, WI 25,347 215 848.2 785.1 63.1
Oconomowoc, WI 18,531 98 528.8 512.7 16.2
Whitefish Bay, WI 14,549 130 893.5 804.2 89.4
Cedarburg, WI 12,636 86 680.6 648.9 31.7
Hartland, WI 9,644 36 373.3 280.0 93.3
Fox Point, WI 6,749 52 770.5 755.7 14.8

Brookfield SnackAbility

9.5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
9
Affordability
8
Diversity
8
Safety
8
Amenities
8.5
Education
9.5
Commute
8.5
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