Crime in West Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Major crime in West Milwaukee is 12.1 times the U.S. rate per resident: 2.1 times for persons crimes and 14.3 times for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.5% from a year earlier.
Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this
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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Shoplifting stands out most, at 49.3 times the U.S. rate
Expected crimes per year in West Milwaukee for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
Neighborhoods in West Milwaukee
West Milwaukee is made up of 3 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 1145; the middle half of residents live where it is between 1064 and 1520.
- 0–500.0%
- 50–1000.0%
- 100–2000.0%
- 200–4000.0%
- 400+100.0%
Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.
Highest on weekend daytimes
Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.
Major crime fell 7.5% in a year; across Wisconsin it fell 11.2%
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.
West Milwaukee against U.S. places with 2,000 to 5,000 residents
None of the 1,761 other places of this size has a higher major-crime index than West Milwaukee; the middle of the group is 58. The 9 nearest in population:
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.
West Milwaukee has a higher major-crime index than all of its 8 nearest neighbors
The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, West Allis (2 mi), is 93% below West Milwaukee's rate.
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.
Questions about crime in West Milwaukee
What are the most common crimes in West Milwaukee?
By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are shoplifting (about 624 a year), other larceny (about 83 a year) and motor vehicle theft (about 39 a year). Compared with the U.S., shoplifting stands out most: 49.3 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. West Milwaukee's figures add up its 3 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- West Milwaukee has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
- 0.0% 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: 3,980. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in West Milwaukee, Wisconsin." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/wi/west-milwaukee
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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100
- West Allis2 mi86
- Milwaukee3 mi190
- Greenfield4 mi128
- Wauwatosa4 mi136
- Greendale5 mi56
- St. Francis6 mi49
- Elm Grove6 mi31
- Hales Corners6 mi36