The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Shorewood, WI
Shorewood is a village of 13,700 in Milwaukee County, about 4 miles north of downtown Milwaukee · Updated November 2026
Is Shorewood, WI safe?
Yes, crime in Shorewood is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Shorewood sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 42% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against B. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A to B+; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 796 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
42% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Shorewood as a whole, and 58% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Shorewood scores 796.
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 Shorewood, WI at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Shorewood, 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 Shorewood
Burglary is a strength. Shorewood grades B for property crime, but burglary grades A, better than in the neighborhoods where 53% of Americans live.
The safest and least safe parts of Shorewood
Every part of Shorewood where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Shorewood run from A to B+; 28% of residents live in areas with 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 Shorewood, the southeast side has the least crime and the southwest side the most.
Is crime going up in Shorewood?
Reported property crime in Shorewood peaked in 2021 and has fallen 14% since, back near its 2019 level. Too few violent crimes are reported here each year for a reliable violent crime trend. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 16 to 17 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime rose 35%.
Property crime, change since 2019
ShorewoodUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Shorewood. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Shorewood
Property, US
2016
+21%
+15%
2017
+51%
+12%
2018
+77%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+18%
-8%
2021
+25%
-10%
2022
+13%
-6%
2023
-20%
-7%
2024
+8%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Shorewood
CrimeGrade™ estimates Shorewood has about 26 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 29% less than the US as a whole and close to 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 makes up about 52% of crime reported in Shorewood. Assault is less common but costs more, because each one does far more harm.
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.
The Shorewood Police Department's 2024 count of aggravated assault fell far below its usual level, a sign of a reporting gap, so CrimeGrade™ used its own estimate instead.
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 Shorewood
Shorewood has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
Car thefts happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 39% of them, against 27% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (39%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Parking lots and garages (31%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Shorewood compares with nearby cities
Shorewood has more crime than 7 of its 10 nearest cities. River Hills and Bayside have the least crime nearby.
Parking lots, walkability and night lighting in Shorewood
Two things set Shorewood apart: it has 0.3 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and a Walk Grade of B (58 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places with little parking-lot space tend to report less theft, yet theft runs higher here than that would suggest.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.3 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 95% 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. 50% of residents here live in walkable areas.B (58 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 93% of US city residents
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 92% 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.63% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 88% 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 Shorewood: C+ (42 of 100).12 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 87% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.22 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 84% 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 Shorewood
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Shorewood about $517 a year per household, 57% 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 $9.4 million a year, or $684 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$250,000
$18
Rape
$66,000
$5
Robbery
$77,000
$6
Assault
$1.0 million
$75
Burglary
$180,000
$13
Theft
$970,000
$71
Vehicle theft
$400,000
$29
Arson
$4,900
under $1
Vandalism
$520,000
$38
Total
$3.5 million
$255
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 Shorewood 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. Shorewood 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
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 Shorewood, WI average a SchoolGrade of B: 38% of students test proficient, against 46% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Shorewood on SchoolGrade
