Elm Grove sees less violent crime per resident than 94% of U.S. towns
Year on year, 0.2 violent crime and 5.3 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 3.6 and 15.0 in the rest of Wisconsin. Weighing it all, Elm Grove earns A for safety (#20 of 175 graded towns in Wisconsin), with less crime per resident than 88% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported over 2023 to 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 Elm Grove
Elm Grove reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 1 Wisconsin towns on Elm Grove’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Brookfield (B+). Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Elm Grove’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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Elm Grove | Rest of Wisconsin | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.2 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.5 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Elm Grove’s police reported 4 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.2 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.6 in the rest of Wisconsin and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Elm Grove per 1,000 residents
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.
And fewer than 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Elm Grove property | Rest of Wisconsin property | Elm Grove violent | Rest of Wisconsin violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6.3 | 18.2 | 0.2 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 5.8 | 16.0 | 0.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 5.0 | 15.5 | 0.0 | 3.8 |
| 2025 | 5.2 | 13.5 | 0.2 | 3.2 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Wisconsin.
34 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
1 violent and 33 property, as reported to the FBI by Elm Grove’s police.
One person died in crashes on Elm Grove’s roads in 2019–2023
Elm Grove had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is about what is typical for Wisconsin towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (3.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Elm Grove’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Elm Grove’s own rate (3.1) is context, not a ranking.
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.
Elm Grove and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elm Grove | A | 0.2 | 5.3 |
| Brookfield | B+ | 0.7 | 10.2 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Wisconsin towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elm Grove | A | 0.2 | 5.3 |
| Edgerton | A+ | 0.1 | 3.5 |
| Fox Point | A− | 0.1 | 7.1 |
| Slinger | B+ | 1.3 | 4.9 |
| Lake Mills | B+ | 1.3 | 5.7 |
| Waupaca | C+ | 2.6 | 12.0 |
The five graded Wisconsin towns closest to Elm Grove’s population (6,354), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
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 Elm Grove. 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 Elm Grove’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (6,380 in 2025); our figure for Elm Grove is 6,354 (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 Elm Grove
Is Elm Grove, WI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Elm Grove reports less crime per resident than 88% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #20 of 175 in Wisconsin. Its police reported 0.2 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 Elm Grove?
0.2 violent and 5.3 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 Elm Grove safer than Brookfield?
Brookfield reports more crime per resident than Elm Grove: Brookfield grades B+ for safety and Elm Grove A. Brookfield’s police reported 0.7 violent and 10.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Elm Grove?
Elm Grove’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Elm Grove”. 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.