CrimeMetric

Crime in Greenfield, Wisconsin

Major crime in Greenfield is 28% above the U.S. rate per resident: 68% lower for persons crimes and 49% higher for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 8.7% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
128
28% above the U.S. rate
1.9 times the Wisconsin rate
down 8.7% in a year
Persons crimes
32
68% below the U.S. rate
57% below the Wisconsin rate
down 12.4% in a year
Property crimes
149
49% above the U.S. rate
2.3 times the Wisconsin rate
down 8.5% in a year
Social disorder
95
about the U.S. rate
about the Wisconsin rate
down 7.7% in a year

Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.

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Crime by type

Shoplifting stands out most, at 4.7 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Greenfield for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

How crime varies across Greenfield

The middle half of Greenfield residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 34 and 115; the typical (median) resident's is 74. The citywide figure (128) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of Greenfield, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the bar's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Tap one to compare it. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5035.8%
  • 50–10028.8%
  • 100–20020.8%
  • 200–4001.9%
  • 400+12.6%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Highest on weekday daytimes

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm155
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am95
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm147
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am102
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 8.7% in a year; across Wisconsin it fell 11.2%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-8.7%WI -11.2%-15.4%WI -12.2%
Persons crimes-12.4%WI -4.5%-5.3%WI -3.3%
Property crimes-8.5%WI -12.8%-15.8%WI -14.5%
Social disorder-7.7%WI -7.5%-12.8%WI -8.4%

Change in expected crimes, with Wisconsin as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.

Similar-size places

Greenfield against U.S. places with 25,000 to 50,000 residents

193 of the 960 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Greenfield; the middle of the group is 77. The 9 nearest in population:

Garner, NC36,848180
Opelika, AL36,682143
Greenfield, WI36,751128
Brighton, NY36,851115
Kearney, NE36,64764
Elmont, NY36,80654
Martinez, GA36,59648

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Greenfield has a higher major-crime index than 6 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Greendale (2 mi), is 56% below Greenfield's rate.

Milwaukee7 mi190
Greenfield128
Greendale2 mi56
Franklin4 mi48

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Greenfield

What are the most common crimes in Greenfield?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are shoplifting (about 549 a year), other larceny (about 84 a year) and motor vehicle theft (about 69 a year). Compared with the U.S., shoplifting stands out most: 4.7 times the U.S. rate per resident.

How we calculated this

Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Greenfield's figures add up its 29 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Greenfield has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 4.9% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
  • Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
  • Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
  • Residents: 36,751. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Greenfield, Wisconsin." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/wi/greenfield

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100