50 Safest Cities In Wisconsin 2017: Report

Violent crime in the United States went up for the second consecutive year in 2016, rising 3.4 percent, the latest FBI crime data show. There were an estimated 17,250 murders last year — an 8.6 percent increase from 2015 — and an estimated 1.2 million violent crimes. The five-year trend shows an increase of 2.6 percent from 2012, and the 10-year trend shows a decrease in violent crimes of 12.3 percent from 2007.

According to the home security company SafeWise, which ranks the 100 safest cities in the country every year using the latest FBI data, Oregon and Musekgo made the list! Muskego came in 89th and Oregon came in 82nd.

The safest municipality in Wisconsin for the second straight year is the Town of Oconomowoc located in Waukesha County. Statistics say that Oconomowoc encountered precisely one violent crime per ten thousand people, and two property crimes for every one thousand people in 2016.

Top 50 safest municipalities in Wisconsin:

1 Oconomowoc

2. Freedom
3. Mukwonago
4. Bayside
5. Oregon
6. Kronenwetter
7. Muskego
8. Hobart-Lawrence
9. Cross Plains
10. North Hudson
11. Jackson
12. Grand Rapids
13. Waunakee
14. Blomer
15. Mequon
16. Altoona
17. East Troy Township
18. Marshall
19. Stanley
20. Horicon
21. Kewaskum
22. Chilton
23. Elm Grove
24. West Salem
25. Cottage Grove
26. Port Washington
27. Sturtevant
28. Sheboygan Falls
29. Deforest
30. Prescott
31. Hartland
32. Cedarburg
33. Holmen
34. New Berlin
35. Fox Valley Metro
36. Fox Point
37. Caledonia
38. Town of Menasha
39. Whitefish Bay
40. North Fond du Lac
41. Geneva Town
42. Kaukauna
43. Pulaski
44. Oconomowoc
45. Menomonee Falls
46. Chippewa Falls
47. Kiel
48. Campbell Township
49. McFarland
50. Colby-Abbotsford

"If you don’t see your city represented, it’s possible that they reported incomplete data to the [ FBI Uniform Crime Reporting program] or did not report data at all," SafeWise said on its website.

It also said:
"We determine an appropriate threshold for each state and only report on cities with populations above this number," SafeWise said. That number is based on the state’s whole population and the number of cities to be included in the list.

Each city’s safety score is calculated based on information on violent crimes, including aggravated assault, forcible rape, murder and robbery, as well as property crimes, such as arson, burglary, larceny-theft and motor vehicle theft.

Here's the safety formula: (Violent Crimes/(Population/1,000)) + (Property Crimes/(Population/1,000))/2 = Safety Score

"With these reports, we have put ourselves into our reader’s shoes in order to understand what makes us all feel safe or unsafe in a city. We feel that these rankings help get to the heart of the issue: what are the chances of crime happening to you or your loved ones?” SafeWise said.

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