Brookfield, WI Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

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 on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Brookfield:

  • There were 496 total crimes committed in Brookfield in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,180.4 total crimes per 100K people in Brookfield.
  • The overall crime rate in Brookfield is -44.30% below the national average.
  • Brookfield ranks #176 safest out of 269 cities in Wisconsin.
  • Brookfield ranks #5,061 safest out of 9,896 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 per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live 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 1,180.4 per 100,000 people. That's -44.30% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -17.60% lower than the Wisconsin total crime rate of 1,432.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Brookfield
/ 100k People
Wisconsin
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 496 1,180.4 1,432.6 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 4.2 5.0
Robbery 11 26.2 39.4 61.0
Aggravated Assault 23 54.7 200.1 256.0
Violent Crime 35 83.3 278.5 359.0
Burglary 45 107.1 117.2 229.0
Larceny 395 940.1 875.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 21 50.0 161.3 259.0
Property Crime 461 1,097.1 1,154.1 1,760.0

Brookfield Crime Compared To Wisconsin Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Wisconsin.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Brookfield

35
Violent Crimes
83.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-76.80%
Below The National Average
  • There were 35 violent crimes in Brookfield in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Brookfield is 83.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,200.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Brookfield each year. That compares to a 1 in 359.1 chance statewide.
  • That's -76.80% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -70.09% lower than the Wisconsin violent crime rate of 278.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Brookfield

461
Property Crimes
1,097.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
-37.66%
Below The National Average
  • There were 461 property crimes in Brookfield in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Brookfield is 1,097.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 91.1 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 -37.66% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -4.93% lower than the Wisconsin property crime rate of 1,154.1 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 58,862 1,315 2,234.0 1,977.5 256.5
Wauwatosa, WI 46,968 1,263 2,689.1 2,482.5 206.5
New Berlin, WI 40,186 424 1,055.1 992.9 62.2
Menomonee Falls, WI 40,076 239 596.4 529.0 67.4
Mequon, WI 25,586 153 598.0 558.9 39.1
Oconomowoc, WI 18,830 61 324.0 308.0 15.9
Whitefish Bay, WI 14,537 138 949.3 935.5 13.8
Cedarburg, WI 12,649 56 442.7 395.3 47.4
Hartland, WI 10,259 42 409.4 341.2 68.2
Fox Point, WI 6,557 39 594.8 594.8 0.0

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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