Every city has safe neighborhoods and dangerous neighborhoods. We believe you should know which neighborhoods in Milwaukee are the safest before you move.
Every year, more than 30 million Americans move. Sometimes, it’s for a job, other times it’s to escape the big city. But no matter where you move, you want a neighborhood that’s family friendly, clean, and most importantly, safe.
We’ve analyzed the FBI crime report’s data on violent and property crimes for every single neighborhood in Milwaukee. Then, we calculated your chances of being the victim of a crime in each one.
What Milwaukee neighborhoods can you leave your doors unlocked at night? Here’s the list.
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Pick a metric. The bars rescale. The red line is Wisconsin’s statewide median.
Saturday Night Science
Methodology: How we determined the safest Milwaukee hoods in 2026
You can ask people which neighborhoods are the safest, or you can look at the unbiased raw data. We choose data.
Instead of relying on speculation and opinion, we used Saturday Night Science to analyze the numbers from the FBI’s most recent crime report for every neighborhood in Milwaukee.
To be more specific, we analyzed the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report. We then ran an analysis to calculate each neighborhood’s property and violent crimes per capita. We used the following criteria:
- Total Crimes Per Capita
- Violent Crimes Per Capita
- Property Crimes Per Capita
We then ranked each neighborhood with scores from 1 to 182 in each category, where 1 was the safest.
Next, we averaged the rankings for each neighborhood to create a safe neighborhood index.
Finally, we crowned the neighborhood with the lowest safest neighborhood index the “Safest City Neighborhood In Milwaukee.” We’re lookin’ at you, Alcott Park.
We updated this article for 2026. Skip to the end to see the list of all the neighborhoods in the city, from safest to most dangerous.
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Detailed list of the safest neighborhoods to live in Milwaukee for 2026
Click any column to sort. Search by neighborhood name.
| Rank | Neighborhood | Crime Per 100K |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alcott Park | |
| 2 | Mill Valley | |
| 3 | Rolling Green | |
| 4 | North Granville | |
| 5 | Hawley Farms | |
| 6 | Clayton Crest | |
| 7 | Red Oak Heights | |
| 8 | Fernwood | |
| 9 | Ridgeview | |
| 10 | Euclid Park | |
| 11 | Tippecanoe | |
| 12 | Mount Olivet | |
| 13 | Schlitz Park | |
| 14 | Woodland Court | |
| 15 | Honey Creek Manor | |
| 16 | Town Of Lake | |
| 17 | Pheasant Run | |
| 18 | West View | |
| 19 | Downer Woods | |
| 20 | Park Place | |
| 21 | Lyons Park | |
| 22 | Menomonee River Parkway | |
| 23 | Mitchell Field | |
| 24 | Park Knoll | |
| 25 | Granville Woods | |
| 25 | Fairview | |
| 27 | Bluemound Heights | |
| 27 | Gra-Ram | |
| 29 | Wedgewood | |
| 30 | Mount Mary | |
| 31 | Dretzka Park | |
| 32 | Heritage Heights | |
| 33 | River Bend | |
| 34 | Goldman Park | |
| 35 | Root Creek | |
| 36 | Wilson Park | |
| 37 | Green Moor | |
| 37 | Morgan Heights | |
| 39 | Highwood Estates | |
| 40 | Brynwood | |
| 41 | Timmerman Airport | |
| 42 | Cannon Park | |
| 43 | Honey Creek Parkway | |
| 43 | Mitchell West | |
| 45 | White Manor | |
| 46 | Castle Manor | |
| 47 | Harder’s Oaks | |
| 48 | Alverno | |
| 48 | Story Hill | |
| 50 | Cooper Park | |
| 51 | Enderis Park | |
| 52 | Johnson’s Woods | |
| 53 | Golden Valley | |
| 54 | Jackson Park | |
| 55 | Washington Heights | |
| 55 | Northpoint | |
| 57 | Valley Forge | |
| 58 | Florist Highlands | |
| 59 | Harbor View | |
| 59 | Morgandale | |
| 61 | Hawthorne Glen | |
| 62 | Granville Station | |
| 63 | Fair Park | |
| 64 | Layton Park | |
| 65 | Saveland Park | |
| 66 | Burnham Park | |
| 67 | Little Menomonee Parkway | |
| 68 | Kops Park | |
| 69 | Bay View | |
| 70 | Grantosa | |
| 71 | Nash Park | |
| 72 | Menomonee River Hills | |
| 73 | Havenwoods | |
| 73 | Polonia | |
| 75 | Lenox Heights | |
| 75 | Riverside Park | |
| 77 | Lindsay Park | |
| 78 | Brewer’s Hill | |
| 79 | Graceland | |
| 80 | Upper East Side | |
| 81 | Freedom Village | |
| 82 | Columbus Park | |
| 83 | Parkway Hills | |
| 84 | Bradley Estates | |
| 85 | Wyrick Park | |
| 86 | Murray Hill | |
| 87 | Menomonee River Valley | |
| 88 | Menomonee River Hills East | |
| 89 | Silver Swan | |
| 90 | North Meadows | |
| 90 | Northridge Lakes | |
| 92 | Silver City | |
| 93 | Grasslyn Manor | |
| 93 | Lower East Side | |
| 95 | Zoo | |
| 96 | Arlington Gardens | |
| 97 | Cambridge Heights | |
| 98 | Vogel Park | |
| 98 | Yankee Hill | |
| 100 | Jones’ Island |
Source: FBI UCR. All 182 Milwaukee neighborhoods.
Summary
Summary: The safest places in Milwaukee
Looking at the data, you can tell that Alcott Park is as safe as they come, according to science and data.
The safest neighborhoods in Milwaukee are Alcott Park, Mill Valley, Rolling Green, North Granville, Hawley Farms, Clayton Crest, Red Oak Heights, Fernwood, Ridgeview, and Euclid Park.
But as most Wisconsin residents would agree, almost every place here has its safe and not safe parts. So make sure you’re informed ahead of time.
We ranked the neighborhoods from safest to most dangerous in the chart below. Not sold on Wisconsin? Take the two-minute Find Your Place quiz and see which state actually fits you.
Questions and answers
Safest Neighborhoods In Milwaukee FAQs
What is the safest neighborhood in Milwaukee?
Alcott Park is the safest neighborhood in Milwaukee for 2026, based on FBI crime data. Mill Valley and Rolling Green are next.
What are the safest neighborhoods in Milwaukee?
The safest neighborhoods in Milwaukee are Alcott Park, Mill Valley, Rolling Green, North Granville, Hawley Farms, Clayton Crest, Red Oak Heights, Fernwood, Ridgeview, and Euclid Park. We ranked all 182 neighborhoods in the city.
How do you measure neighborhood safety?
Neighborhoods are ranked on violent and property crimes per capita, using FBI crime data mapped to each neighborhood. The lowest combined crime rate wins.
Which neighborhood ranked last for safety?
New Coeln posts the highest crime rate of the 182 Milwaukee neighborhoods we scored. Our separate worst neighborhoods in Milwaukee ranking digs into that end of the list.
Does a low crime rate guarantee safety?
No. Crime rates are averages across a whole neighborhood, and conditions change block by block and hour by hour. The numbers tell you where the odds are best, not that anywhere is risk-free.
