Franklin, WI Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

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

  • There were 503 total crimes committed in Franklin the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,382.0 total crimes per 100K people in Franklin.
  • The overall crime rate in Franklin is -40.54% below the national average.
  • Franklin ranks #233 safest out of 336 cities in Wisconsin.
  • Franklin ranks #4,974 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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Franklin Vs Wisconsin And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Franklin is 1,382.0 per 100,000 people. That's -40.54% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -23.60% lower than the Wisconsin total crime rate of 1,809.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Franklin
/ 100k People
Wisconsin
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 503 1,382.0 1,809.0 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.3 6.3
Robbery 2 5.5 52.8 66.1
Aggravated Assault 11 30.2 230.6 268.2
Violent Crime 16 44.0 323.4 369.8
Burglary 23 63.2 218.5 269.8
Larceny 436 1,197.9 1,106.1 1,401.9
Car Theft 28 76.9 161.0 282.7
Property Crime 487 1,338.1 1,485.7 1,954.4

Franklin 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 Franklin

16
Violent Crimes
44.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-88.11%
Below The National Average
  • There were 16 violent crimes in Franklin in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Franklin is 44.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 2,274.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Franklin each year. That compares to a 1 in 309.2 chance statewide.
  • That's -88.11% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -86.41% lower than the Wisconsin violent crime rate of 323.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Franklin

487
Property Crimes
1,338.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
-31.54%
Below The National Average
  • There were 487 property crimes in Franklin in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Franklin is 1,338.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 74.7 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 -31.54% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -9.94% lower than the Wisconsin property crime rate of 1,485.7 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 58,681 1,698 2,893.6 2,607.3 286.3
Wauwatosa, WI 47,149 1,295 2,746.6 2,547.2 199.4
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
Greenfield, WI 36,924 1,017 2,754.3 2,589.1 165.2
Oak Creek, WI 35,995 789 2,192.0 2,067.0 125.0
Muskego, WI 25,406 128 503.8 456.6 47.2
South Milwaukee, WI 20,247 263 1,299.0 1,160.7 138.3
Cudahy, WI 17,702 223 1,259.7 1,129.8 129.9

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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