Photo: artistmac · CC BY-SA 2.0Kenosha reports less property crime than most U.S. towns, but more violent crime
Overall, Kenosha grades C+ for safety (#134 of 175 graded towns in Wisconsin): close to the middle 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 Kenosha
Kenosha reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 4 Wisconsin towns on Kenosha’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Pleasant Prairie (C+). Somers, Bristol and Paris 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 Kenosha’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 23% of the 175 Wisconsin towns we grade, against 42% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
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 Kenosha’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds Kenosha’s grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (3.3) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
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 | Kenosha property | Rest of Wisconsin property | Kenosha violent | Rest of Wisconsin violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10.9 | 18.4 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 10.0 | 16.2 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 8.7 | 15.6 | 2.9 | 3.8 |
| 2025 | 7.3 | 13.7 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 7 property crimes reported
And about 3 violent crimes, 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Kenosha’s police reported 980 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.3 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 | Kenosha | Rest of Wisconsin | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
1,049 crimes reported in 2025
320 violent and 729 property, as reported to the FBI by Kenosha’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
20 people died in crashes on Kenosha’s roads in 2019–2023
Kenosha had 19 fatal crashes in five years, in which 20 people died; 4 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist.
That is 4.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as 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.
Kenosha and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenosha | C+ | 3.3 | 8.7 |
| Pleasant Prairie | C+ | 3.0 | 10.2 |
| Somers | — | — | — |
| Bristol | — | — | — |
| Paris | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Somers, Bristol and Paris have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
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 Kenosha. 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 Kenosha’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (99,483 in 2025); our figure for Kenosha is 99,239 (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 Kenosha
Is Kenosha, WI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Kenosha reports more crime per resident than 58% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #134 of 175 in Wisconsin. Its police reported 3.3 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 Kenosha?
3.3 violent and 8.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Wisconsin reports 3.6 and 15.2; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Kenosha?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Kenosha in 2025?
Kenosha’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 1.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Kenosha safer than Pleasant Prairie?
Pleasant Prairie reports more crime per resident than Kenosha: Pleasant Prairie grades C+ for safety and Kenosha C+. Pleasant Prairie’s police reported 3.0 violent and 10.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Kenosha?
Kenosha’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Kenosha”. 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.