Washington Heights, Milwaukee, WI Violent Crime Rates and Maps
Washington Heights is a neighborhood of 6,820 residents in Milwaukee, about 4 miles west of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Washington Heights?
Violent crime is high in Washington Heights: a C-, with more violent crime than the neighborhoods where 90% of Americans live. Assaults make up 84% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury. Milwaukee as a whole grades F for violent crime.
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Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 319 of 1,000More violent crime than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
10% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Washington Heights as a whole, and 90% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Washington Heights scores 319.
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 violent crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its violent crime with the people who spend time there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy downtown or nightlife strip can show red while the homes around it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a solid connection. Compare high speed internet in Washington Heights, Milwaukee, WI at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Washington Heights 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 violent crime in Washington Heights
Crime per resident runs lower than the grade suggests. Few people come to Washington Heights to work or shop: it has only 10 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. With few visitors, its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests. The CrimeGrade™ weighs each crime against the people, homes and parked cars actually here.
Violent crime rates and types in Washington Heights
CrimeGrade™ estimates Washington Heights has about 12 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 10% less than the US as a whole and 59% less than Milwaukee as a whole.
All violent crime
Assaults
Robbery
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Violent crime here includes simple assaults, which the FBI's violent crime rate leaves out.
Assault is the most common violent crime in Washington Heights, about 84% of the total.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a violent crime with the people who spend time in an area, not only the people who live there. 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 violent crime happens in Milwaukee
The Milwaukee Police Department polices Washington Heights; these figures cover Milwaukee as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Milwaukee as a whole, 55% of aggravated assaults happen at a home, against 53% nationally. Robberies happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 54% of them.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Robbery
Streets and sidewalks (54%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (55%)
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.
Violent crime in Washington Heights and nearby neighborhoods
Washington Heights has less violent crime than 8 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods; only Tosa East Towne and Bluemound Heights have less.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Washington Heights. Beside each violent crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Washington Heights has more violent crime than 68% of them.
Jobs, nightlife and walkability in Washington Heights
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, two set Washington Heights apart: it has 10 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 1.2 bars and nightlife spots for every 1,000 residents, against 0.6 nationally. Places with few jobs tend to report less robbery, yet robbery runs higher here than that would suggest.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.10 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 90% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Bars and nightlifeBars, lounges, clubs and casinos. Places with more bars tend to report more assault and robbery.1.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 0.6Higher than for 84% 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 assault.B- (50 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 64% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.16% where people liveUS: 21%Higher than for 71% 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 violent crime costs Washington Heights
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Washington Heights about $14 million a year, or $2,000 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $2.6 million, or $386 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
How CrimeGrade™ works
The violent crime CrimeGrade™ covers murder, rape, robbery and assault, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each violent crime against the people who spend time in an area, so a busy downtown is graded on its workers and visitors as well as its residents.
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
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.
