Shorewood, WI Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Shorewood, WI Summary

Crime in Shorewood research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Shorewood 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 Shorewood:

  • There were 246 total crimes committed in Shorewood the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,828.6 total crimes per 100K people in Shorewood.
  • The overall crime rate in Shorewood is -21.32% below the national average.
  • Shorewood ranks #266 safest out of 336 cities in Wisconsin.
  • Shorewood ranks #6,148 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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Shorewood Vs Wisconsin And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Shorewood is 1,828.6 per 100,000 people. That's -21.32% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 1.08% higher than the Wisconsin total crime rate of 1,809.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Shorewood
/ 100k People
Wisconsin
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 246 1,828.6 1,809.0 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.3 6.3
Robbery 8 59.5 52.8 66.1
Aggravated Assault 7 52.0 230.6 268.2
Violent Crime 15 111.5 323.4 369.8
Burglary 11 81.8 218.5 269.8
Larceny 172 1,278.5 1,106.1 1,401.9
Car Theft 48 356.8 161.0 282.7
Property Crime 231 1,717.1 1,485.7 1,954.4

Shorewood 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 Shorewood

15
Violent Crimes
111.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-69.85%
Below The National Average
  • There were 15 violent crimes in Shorewood in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Shorewood is 111.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 896.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Shorewood each year. That compares to a 1 in 309.2 chance statewide.
  • That's -69.85% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -65.52% lower than the Wisconsin violent crime rate of 323.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Shorewood

231
Property Crimes
1,717.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
-12.14%
Below The National Average
  • There were 231 property crimes in Shorewood in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Shorewood is 1,717.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 58.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Shorewood each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -12.14% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 15.58% higher than the Wisconsin property crime rate of 1,485.7 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Shorewood

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Milwaukee, WI 561,743 28,176 5,015.8 3,507.3 1,508.5
Wauwatosa, WI 47,149 1,295 2,746.6 2,547.2 199.4
Brookfield, WI 41,489 558 1,344.9 1,304.0 41.0
New Berlin, WI 40,358 329 815.2 770.6 44.6
Menomonee Falls, WI 39,312 385 979.3 908.1 71.2
Muskego, WI 25,406 128 503.8 456.6 47.2
Mequon, WI 25,347 215 848.2 785.1 63.1
Whitefish Bay, WI 14,549 130 893.5 804.2 89.4
Glendale, WI 13,004 676 5,198.4 4,929.3 269.1
Brown Deer, WI 12,817 686 5,352.3 5,094.8 257.5

Shorewood SnackAbility

7.5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
7
Diversity
7
Safety
7
Amenities
9
Education
10
Commute
8
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