The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Brookfield, WI
Brookfield is a city of 45,600 in Waukesha County, about 11 miles west of downtown Milwaukee · Updated November 2026
Is Brookfield, WI safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Brookfield: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 86% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A+ here. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A+ to A; see the map below.
A+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 950 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
86% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Brookfield as a whole, and 14% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Brookfield scores 950.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 Brookfield, WI at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Brookfield, 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 in Brookfield
Car thefts and aggravated assaults both run low. In Brookfield, each runs at a small fraction of the US rate: 0.51 car thefts and 0.59 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 2.6 nationally.
Thefts from cars happen in parking lots and garages far more often than nationally. In Brookfield, 57% of reported thefts from cars happen in parking lots and garages, against 31% nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Brookfield
Every part of Brookfield where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Brookfield run from A+ to A; every part of Brookfield has less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Brookfield, the north side has the least crime and the northeast side the most.
Is crime going up in Brookfield?
Reported property crime in Brookfield has fallen 37% since 2019. Too few violent crimes are reported here each year for a reliable violent crime trend. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 18 to 11 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
BrookfieldUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Brookfield. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Brookfield
Property, US
2016
+30%
+15%
2017
+40%
+12%
2018
+19%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-11%
-8%
2021
-23%
-10%
2022
-25%
-6%
2023
-33%
-7%
2024
-37%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Brookfield
CrimeGrade™ estimates Brookfield has about 18 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 51% less than the US as a whole and 25% less than Wisconsin.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
The largest share of crime reported in Brookfield is theft, about 57% of the total. It also makes up the largest share of what crime costs here.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. 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 crime happens in Brookfield
Brookfield has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Brookfield, 42% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (42%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (44%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (57%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Homes (46%)
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.
How Brookfield compares with nearby cities
Brookfield has less crime than 6 of its 9 nearest cities.
Two things set Brookfield apart: it has 113 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 4.8 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft and robbery, yet theft and robbery run lower here than that would suggest.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.113 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 97% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.4.8 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 97% of US city residents
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 and assault. 91% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (12 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 70% of US city residents
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.20.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 96% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.2.9% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 88% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.2% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 86% of US city residents
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 crime costs Brookfield
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Brookfield about $385 a year per household, 68% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $16 million a year, or $340 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$620,000
$14
Rape
$210,000
$5
Robbery
$330,000
$7
Assault
$1.9 million
$42
Burglary
$410,000
$9
Theft
$2.4 million
$53
Vehicle theft
$360,000
$8
Arson
$10,000
under $1
Vandalism
$650,000
$14
Total
$6.9 million
$152
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Brookfield means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
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
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
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.
Schools in Brookfield, WI average a SchoolGrade of A+: 56% of students test proficient, against 58% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Brookfield on SchoolGrade
