Franklin, WI Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Franklin, WI Summary

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

  • There were 447 total crimes committed in Franklin in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,257.9 total crimes per 100K people in Franklin.
  • The overall crime rate in Franklin is -40.64% below the national average.
  • Franklin ranks #182 safest out of 269 cities in Wisconsin.
  • Franklin ranks #5,328 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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Franklin Vs Wisconsin And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Franklin is 1,257.9 per 100,000 people. That's -40.64% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -12.19% lower than the Wisconsin total crime rate of 1,432.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Franklin
/ 100k People
Wisconsin
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 447 1,257.9 1,432.6 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 4.2 5.0
Robbery 2 5.6 39.4 61.0
Aggravated Assault 10 28.1 200.1 256.0
Violent Crime 18 50.7 278.5 359.0
Burglary 21 59.1 117.2 229.0
Larceny 380 1,069.4 875.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 28 78.8 161.3 259.0
Property Crime 429 1,207.3 1,154.1 1,760.0

Franklin 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 Franklin

18
Violent Crimes
50.7
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-85.89%
Below The National Average
  • There were 18 violent crimes in Franklin in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Franklin is 50.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,974.2 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Franklin each year. That compares to a 1 in 359.1 chance statewide.
  • That's -85.89% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -81.81% lower than the Wisconsin violent crime rate of 278.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Franklin

429
Property Crimes
1,207.3
Property Crimes / 100k People
-31.41%
Below The National Average
  • There were 429 property crimes in Franklin in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Franklin is 1,207.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 82.8 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Franklin each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -31.41% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 4.61% higher than the Wisconsin property crime rate of 1,154.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Franklin

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
Brookfield, WI 42,019 496 1,180.4 1,097.1 83.3
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
Oak Creek, WI 37,665 690 1,831.9 1,685.9 146.0
Greenfield, WI 36,919 886 2,399.8 2,307.8 92.1
Muskego, WI 25,389 392 1,544.0 1,532.2 11.8
South Milwaukee, WI 20,178 294 1,457.0 1,298.4 158.6
Cudahy, WI 17,683 157 887.9 774.8 113.1

Franklin SnackAbility

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