Photo: Chris Favero from USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Reported crime per resident in Brookfield fell 31% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Brookfield grades B+ for safety (#81 of 175 graded towns in Wisconsin): less crime per resident than 65% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of WI” is every other Wisconsin city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Brookfield
3 of the 6 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 7 Wisconsin towns on Brookfield’s borders, 6 have a Safety Grade: Elm Grove (A), Menomonee Falls (A−), New Berlin (B+), Butler (C), West Allis (C), Wauwatosa (C). Brookfield (township) has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Brookfield has 40,704 jobs based in town for 41,448 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Brookfield’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Reported crime is falling
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Wisconsin.
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| Year | Brookfield property | Rest of Wisconsin property | Brookfield violent | Rest of Wisconsin violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13.0 | 18.2 | 0.4 | 4.1 |
| 2023 | 11.6 | 16.1 | 0.8 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 11.0 | 15.5 | 0.8 | 3.8 |
| 2025 | 7.9 | 13.6 | 0.6 | 3.2 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Brookfield’s police reported 94 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.7 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.6 in the rest of Wisconsin and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Brookfield | Rest of Wisconsin | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.4 | 4.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.8 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 8 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
353 crimes reported in 2025
26 violent and 327 property, as reported to the FBI by Brookfield’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
10 people died in crashes on Brookfield’s roads in 2019–2023
Brookfield had 10 fatal crashes in five years, in which 10 people died; 2 were pedestrians. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
That is 4.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Wisconsin towns of 25,000–100,000 people (3.7, 32 towns).
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Brookfield and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brookfield | B+ | 0.7 | 10.2 |
| Brookfield (township) | — | — | — |
| Elm Grove | A | 0.2 | 5.3 |
| New Berlin | B+ | 0.5 | 8.9 |
| Butler | C | 1.3 | 23.6 |
| Menomonee Falls | A− | 0.8 | 5.8 |
| West Allis | C | 2.4 | 20.1 |
| Wauwatosa | C | 1.8 | 23.8 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Brookfield (township) has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Wisconsin towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brookfield | B+ | 0.7 | 10.2 |
| Sun Prairie | B− | 1.6 | 12.8 |
| Wausau | C+ | 3.2 | 9.6 |
| Oak Creek | C+ | 1.2 | 17.7 |
| Greenfield | C | 1.2 | 24.1 |
| Fond du Lac | C− | 3.7 | 18.3 |
The five graded Wisconsin towns closest to Brookfield’s population (41,448), by grade.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Brookfield. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Brookfield’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (41,216 in 2025); our figure for Brookfield is 41,448 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Brookfield
Is Brookfield, WI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Brookfield reports less crime per resident than 65% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #81 of 175 in Wisconsin. Its police reported 0.7 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.6 in the rest of Wisconsin and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Brookfield?
0.7 violent and 10.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Wisconsin reports 3.6 and 15.0; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Brookfield?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Brookfield in 2025?
Brookfield’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Brookfield safer than Elm Grove?
Elm Grove reports less crime per resident than Brookfield: Elm Grove grades A for safety and Brookfield B+. Elm Grove’s police reported 0.2 violent and 5.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Brookfield?
Brookfield’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Brookfield”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.