Photo: Chris Rand · CC BY-SA 4.0Violent crime per resident is higher in Green Bay than in 85% of U.S. towns
Its Safety Grade, C (#159 of 175 graded towns in Wisconsin, and #115 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000), rests on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025: more crime per resident than 74% of U.S. towns. Add to that, typical years here bring 4.4 violent crimes plus 13.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 3.6 plus 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 Green Bay
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 7 Wisconsin towns on Green Bay’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Ashwaubenon (C+). Scott, Bellevue, Howard, Hobart, Humboldt and Allouez have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Wisconsin towns, lower
Wisconsin’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Green Bay’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 9% of the 175 Wisconsin towns we grade, against 26% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Homicides: below U.S. cities overall
Green Bay’s police reported 2 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 3.2 per 100,000 residents a year, below the rest of Wisconsin (5.7) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: below the rest of Wisconsin
30.3 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (35 reported in 2025), below the rest of Wisconsin (55.5) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (79.4). Violent crime ↓
Against other big cities
Among the 325 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, Green Bay reports less crime per resident than 65% (#115). Places like it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Green Bay’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 higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its property rate (13.4) 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.
Homicides and robberies
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| Year | Green Bay | Rest of Wisconsin | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.6 | 7.8 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 5.7 | 6.4 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 1.9 | 5.3 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 1.9 | 5.2 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
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| Year | Green Bay | Rest of Wisconsin | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 28.1 | 60.9 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 31.3 | 59.2 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 26.6 | 61.5 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 33.0 | 45.8 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
Green Bay’s police reported 2 homicides, 35 robberies and 475 violent crimes in all to the FBI in 2025. By year, against the rest of Wisconsin and all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables.
Crime in Green Bay 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 5 violent crimes, 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 | Green Bay property | Rest of Wisconsin property | Green Bay violent | Rest of Wisconsin violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 17.2 | 18.2 | 4.3 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 15.3 | 16.0 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 13.1 | 15.5 | 5.0 | 3.7 |
| 2025 | 11.8 | 13.6 | 4.5 | 3.1 |
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.
1,724 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.
475 violent and 1,249 property, as reported to the FBI by Green Bay’s police.
19 people died in crashes on Green Bay’s roads in 2019–2023
Green Bay had 16 fatal crashes in five years, in which 19 people died; 4 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist. 2 died in crashes on an Interstate.
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.
Green Bay and its neighbors
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Scott, Bellevue, Howard, Hobart, Humboldt and Allouez have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Wisconsin towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay | C | 4.4 | 13.4 |
| Waukesha | B | 1.3 | 9.1 |
| Appleton | C+ | 2.2 | 12.3 |
| Kenosha | C+ | 3.3 | 8.7 |
| Eau Claire | C+ | 1.5 | 19.0 |
| Racine | C | 3.8 | 11.4 |
The five graded Wisconsin towns closest to Green Bay’s population (106,675), 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 Green Bay. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Green Bay’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (106,069 in 2025); our figure for Green Bay is 106,675 (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 Green Bay
Is Green Bay, WI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Green Bay reports more crime per resident than 74% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #159 of 175 in Wisconsin. Its police reported 4.4 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 Green Bay?
4.4 violent and 13.4 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.
How many homicides were there in Green Bay in 2025?
Green Bay’s police reported 2 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 1.9 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Green Bay safer than Ashwaubenon?
Ashwaubenon reports less crime per resident than Green Bay: Ashwaubenon grades C+ for safety and Green Bay C. Ashwaubenon’s police reported 1.4 violent and 20.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Green Bay?
Green Bay’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Green Bay”. 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.