Photo: Shawn Conrad · CC BY-SA 3.0Less violent crime is recorded per resident in Germantown than in 80% of U.S. towns
Per resident, the graded crimes were down 39% from 2023 to 2025. Its Safety Grade, B (#90 of 175 graded towns in Wisconsin), rests on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025: less crime per resident than 61% of U.S. towns. The yearly rates were 0.6 violent crime and 11.7 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 3.6 and 15.0 in the rest of Wisconsin.
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 Germantown
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 4 Wisconsin towns on Germantown’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Menomonee Falls (A−), Milwaukee (D−). Richfield and Jackson have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Wisconsin towns, closer to the middle
Wisconsin’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Germantown’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 49% of the 175 Wisconsin towns we grade, against 61% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Germantown has 13,857 jobs based in town for 21,050 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 Germantown’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Germantown’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (11.7) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Germantown property | Rest of Wisconsin property | Germantown violent | Rest of Wisconsin violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 16.6 | 18.2 | 0.5 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 14.8 | 16.0 | 0.8 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 11.2 | 15.5 | 0.6 | 3.8 |
| 2025 | 9.1 | 13.6 | 0.5 | 3.2 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Germantown | Rest of Wisconsin | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.6 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.5 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Germantown’s police reported 40 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.6 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 Germantown 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 about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
201 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. 2025 figures come from FBI Crime Data Explorer, which publishes violent crime, homicides, robberies and property crime only.
10 violent and 191 property, as reported to the FBI by Germantown’s police.
Eight people died in crashes on Germantown’s roads in 2019–2023
Germantown had 7 fatal crashes in five years, in which eight people died; 1 was a pedestrian. Most of these deaths (4 of 8) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is more than 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 Germantown’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Germantown’s own rate (7.6) 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.
Germantown and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germantown | B | 0.6 | 11.7 |
| Menomonee Falls | A− | 0.8 | 5.8 |
| Richfield | — | — | — |
| Milwaukee | D− | 13.4 | 25.9 |
| Jackson | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Richfield and Jackson have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Wisconsin towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germantown | B | 0.6 | 11.7 |
| Oconomowoc | A | 0.4 | 4.1 |
| Watertown | B | 1.9 | 8.9 |
| South Milwaukee | B− | 1.4 | 11.5 |
| Pleasant Prairie | C+ | 3.0 | 10.2 |
| Onalaska | C+ | 0.6 | 22.4 |
The five graded Wisconsin towns closest to Germantown’s population (21,050), 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 Germantown. 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 Germantown’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (21,062 in 2025); our figure for Germantown is 21,050 (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 Germantown
Is Germantown, WI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Germantown reports less crime per resident than 61% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #90 of 175 in Wisconsin. Its police reported 0.6 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 Germantown?
0.6 violent and 11.7 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 Germantown safer than Menomonee Falls?
Menomonee Falls reports less crime per resident than Germantown: Menomonee Falls grades A− for safety and Germantown B. Menomonee Falls’s police reported 0.8 violent and 5.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Germantown?
Germantown’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Germantown Police Department”. 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.