Crime & Safety

The 100 Safest Municipalities in Wisconsin: Did Wauwatosa Make the List?

12 Waukesha County municipalities made Wisconsin's top 100. Find out how Wauwatosa fared compared with its neighbors.

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WISCONSIN -- Everybody wants to live in a place where they are safe.

The Niche.com 2016 Safest Places to Live ranking provides a comprehensive assessment of the overall safety at the municipal level.

The village of North Prairie in Waukesha County was rated as the safest community in Wisconsin in 2015.

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The village of Wauwatosa of approximately 13 square miles and population of roughly 46,000 saw 76 violent crimes, 63 robberies, 11 aggravated assaults, 1,529 property crimes including 236 burglaries, 1,215 thefts and 78 auto theft cases during the reporting period used to generate the Niche.com rankings.

The City of Wauwatosa comes in just out of the top 100:

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Niche.com rankings take into account key indicators of a location’s safety, including violent and property crime rates, in an attempt to measure an area’s safety and security.

Niche.com also weighed several factors, including the numbers of assaults, robberies, murders, burglaries, vehicle thefts and property thefts per 100,000 residents from data obtained through the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports.

Here is how Wisconsin's safest cities ranked nationally:

Here is a list of the 100 safest places in Wisconsin:

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