The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Menomonee Falls, WI
Menomonee Falls is a village of 39,500 in Waukesha County, about 13 miles northwest of downtown Milwaukee · Updated November 2026
Is Menomonee Falls, WI safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Menomonee Falls: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 83% 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 942 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
83% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Menomonee Falls as a whole, and 17% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Menomonee Falls scores 942.
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 Menomonee Falls, WI at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Menomonee Falls, 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 Menomonee Falls
Burglaries and acts of vandalism both run low. In Menomonee Falls, each runs at a small fraction of the US rate: 0.51 burglaries and 0.98 acts of vandalism a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 and 5.5 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Menomonee Falls
Every part of Menomonee Falls where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Menomonee Falls run from A+ to A; every part of Menomonee Falls 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 Menomonee Falls, the west side has the least crime and the north side the most.
Is crime going up in Menomonee Falls?
Since 2019, reported property crime in Menomonee Falls is down 40%, while violent crime has held about steady. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults stayed at about 0.7 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 8.7 to 5.2 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 32% and property crime fell 32%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Menomonee FallsUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Menomonee Falls. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Menomonee Falls
Violent, US
Property, Menomonee Falls
Property, US
2016
-41%
+4%
+36%
+15%
2017
-60%
+4%
+38%
+12%
2018
-24%
+0%
+25%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-28%
+4%
-13%
-8%
2021
+15%
+6%
+15%
-10%
2022
+16%
+5%
+10%
-6%
2023
+32%
+2%
-12%
-7%
2024
-10%
-4%
-40%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Menomonee Falls
CrimeGrade™ estimates Menomonee Falls has about 9.4 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 75% less than the US as a whole and 61% 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.
Theft is the most common crime in Menomonee Falls, about 47% of everything reported.
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 Menomonee Falls
Menomonee Falls has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Menomonee Falls, 42% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 47% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (42%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (49%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (47%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Homes (35%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (56%)
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 Menomonee Falls compares with nearby cities
Of the 9 cities closest to Menomonee Falls, 6 have less crime. Colgate and Elm Grove have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Menomonee Falls. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Menomonee Falls is safer than 87% of them.
Parking lots, jobs and walkability in Menomonee Falls
Two things set Menomonee Falls apart: it has 5.1 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 85 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report more theft, yet theft runs lower here than that would suggest.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.5.1 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 98% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.85 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 93% 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. 82% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (16 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 56% of US city residents
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.3% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 80% 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.3.9% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 75% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Menomonee Falls: F (0 of 100).1 trips an hourUS: noneLower than for 57% 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 Menomonee Falls
Crime costs Menomonee Falls about $300 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 75% 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 $19 million a year, or $471 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.6 million
$41
Rape
$380,000
$10
Robbery
$120,000
$3
Assault
$1.1 million
$29
Burglary
$180,000
$5
Theft
$900,000
$23
Vehicle theft
$250,000
$6
Arson
$8,100
under $1
Vandalism
$270,000
$7
Total
$4.9 million
$123
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 Menomonee Falls 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 Menomonee Falls, WI average a SchoolGrade of A+: 64% of students test proficient, against 61% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Menomonee Falls on SchoolGrade
