Silver City, Milwaukee, WI Property Crime Rates and Maps
Silver City is a neighborhood of 4,760 residents in Milwaukee, about 3 miles southwest of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Silver City?
Silver City grades F for property crime, with more of it than the neighborhoods where 96% of Americans live. Theft makes up 28% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades B, and vehicle theft grades F. Milwaukee as a whole grades C for property crime.
F
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 0 of 1,000More property crime than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
4% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Silver City as a whole, and 96% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Silver City scores 0.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Silver City, Milwaukee, WI at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Silver City in Milwaukee, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in Silver City
Thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks far more often than nationally. In Milwaukee as a whole, 55% of reported thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks, against 18% nationally.
Vehicle theft at more than double the US rate. Silver City has 7.3 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
Property crime rates and types in Silver City
CrimeGrade™ estimates Silver City has about 23 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as the US as a whole and 38% less than Milwaukee as a whole.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Vehicle theft is the most common property crime in Silver City, about 32% of the total, followed by theft and vandalism.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when property crime happens in Milwaukee
The Milwaukee Police Department polices Silver City; these figures cover Milwaukee as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Milwaukee as a whole, 64% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 62% of them, against 27% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (64%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (62%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (55%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (37%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Silver City and nearby neighborhoods
Silver City has more property crime than 8 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods. Johnson's Woods and Layton Park have the least property crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Silver City. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Silver City has more property crime than 91% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Silver City apart: it has 100% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and 12 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places where many residents live in dense blocks tend to report more car theft, and it runs high here.
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.100% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 96% of residents of US city neighborhoods
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.12 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 85% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 75% of residents here live in walkable areas.A- (74 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 80% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.2 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 83% of residents of US city neighborhoods
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs Silver City
Property crime costs Silver City about $1.0 million a year, or $218 per resident and about $742 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them. Silver City is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
