Robbery per Capita in Milwaukee
The map below shows robbery per 1,000 Milwaukee residents.
The map below shows robbery per 1,000 Milwaukee residents.
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Robbery Grade™
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Your yearly chance of being a victim of robbery in the Milwaukee area is about 1 in 2,061.
Robbery costs the average Milwaukee resident about $15 per year.
Crime Grade's robbery map shows the safest places in the Milwaukee area in green. The most dangerous areas in the Milwaukee area are in red, with moderately safe areas in yellow. Crime rates on the map are weighted by the type and severity of the crime.
The C grade means the rate of robbery is slightly higher than the average US city. Milwaukee is in the 43rd percentile for safety, meaning 57% of cities are safer and 43% of cities are more dangerous. This analysis applies to the Milwaukee area's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby cities.
The rate of robbery in the Milwaukee area is 0.4852 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in the Milwaukee area generally consider the northwest part of the city to be the safest.
Your chance of being a victim of robbery in the Milwaukee area may be as high as 1 in 903 in the east neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 3,972 in the northwest part of the city.
By a simple count ignoring population, more robbery occurs in the east parts of Milwaukee, WI: about 258 per year. The west part of the Milwaukee area has fewer cases of robbery with only 29 in a typical year.
The chart below compares the robbery rate in the Milwaukee area to the Wisconsin state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.
| Milwaukee, WI: | 0.4852 |
|---|---|
| Wisconsin: | 0.3897 |
| USA: | 0.6421 |
Considering only the robbery rate, the Milwaukee area is less safe than the Wisconsin state average and safer than the national average.
See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.
Robbery is projected to cost the residents of Milwaukee about $24,336,527 in 2025, or roughly $15 per resident. This is part of the Milwaukee area's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Milwaukee, including every crime type and how Milwaukee compares to other cities.
Remember that robbery rates are measured per resident. Places with heavy daytime traffic, like shopping districts, airports, and parks, can look more dangerous than they are for the people who live there. See a full guide to reading Milwaukee's crime maps on the Milwaukee overall crime page.
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Nearby City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Robbery Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
F | D- | F | D+ | |
C- | B- | C | B | |
D+ | C+ | D+ | C | |
D+ | C+ | C | B | |
C | B- | C+ | C+ | |
D+ | D+ | C- | C- | |
D+ | B+ | D+ | A- | |
D | B+ | D+ | A- | |
D- | D+ | D | C+ | |
D+ | C | C+ | C+ |
Milwaukee is similar versus other cities of the same size for robbery. The table below compares robbery in cities with comparable overall population.
Similar City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Robbery Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
B- | B | B | A- | |
A- | B- | B- | B+ | |
C- | B- | B- | C+ | |
C+ | C- | C- | D- | |
D | D- | D- | C- | |
D+ | C+ | C+ | B- | |
D+ | D+ | D+ | D+ | |
C+ | C+ | C+ | B- | |
D | D | D | B- | |
C- | C+ | C+ | C+ |
Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Milwaukee, WI average SchoolGrade of C, with 36% actual proficiency versus 36% projected; overall, schools meet expectations. See Milwaukee schools on SchoolGrade
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