Grafton, WI Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Grafton, WI Summary

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

  • There were 89 total crimes committed in Grafton in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 696.0 total crimes per 100K people in Grafton.
  • The overall crime rate in Grafton is -67.16% below the national average.
  • Grafton ranks #118 safest out of 269 cities in Wisconsin.
  • Grafton ranks #3,135 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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Grafton Vs Wisconsin And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Grafton is 696.0 per 100,000 people. That's -67.16% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -51.42% lower than the Wisconsin total crime rate of 1,432.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Grafton
/ 100k People
Wisconsin
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 89 696.0 1,432.6 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 4.2 5.0
Robbery 1 7.8 39.4 61.0
Aggravated Assault 5 39.1 200.1 256.0
Violent Crime 10 78.2 278.5 359.0
Burglary 4 31.3 117.2 229.0
Larceny 73 570.8 875.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 2 15.6 161.3 259.0
Property Crime 79 617.8 1,154.1 1,760.0

Grafton 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 Grafton

10
Violent Crimes
78.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-78.22%
Below The National Average
  • There were 10 violent crimes in Grafton in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Grafton is 78.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,278.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Grafton each year. That compares to a 1 in 359.1 chance statewide.
  • That's -78.22% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -71.92% lower than the Wisconsin violent crime rate of 278.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Grafton

79
Property Crimes
617.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
-64.90%
Below The National Average
  • There were 79 property crimes in Grafton in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Grafton is 617.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 161.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Grafton each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -64.90% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -46.47% lower than the Wisconsin property crime rate of 1,154.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Grafton

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
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
Menomonee Falls, WI 40,076 239 596.4 529.0 67.4
Mequon, WI 25,586 153 598.0 558.9 39.1
Whitefish Bay, WI 14,537 138 949.3 935.5 13.8
Port Washington, WI 12,888 78 605.2 566.4 38.8
Cedarburg, WI 12,649 56 442.7 395.3 47.4
Brown Deer, WI 12,636 374 2,959.8 2,611.6 348.2
Jackson, WI 8,039 33 410.5 348.3 62.2
Fox Point, WI 6,557 39 594.8 594.8 0.0

Grafton SnackAbility

9.5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
8
Affordability
8
Diversity
5
Safety
8.5
Amenities
8.5
Education
9
Commute
8
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