Photo: Shadowe · CC BY-SA 3.0In Menomonee Falls, the kinds of crime the grade counts fell 37% per resident from 2023 to 2025
Each year brought 0.8 violent crime and 5.8 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (3.6 and 15.1 in the rest of Wisconsin). Weighing it all, Menomonee Falls earns A− for safety (#47 of 175 graded towns in Wisconsin), with less crime per resident than 78% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported over 2023 to 2025. Its 4 neighbors with figures all record more crime per resident.
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 Menomonee Falls
Menomonee Falls reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 8 Wisconsin towns on Menomonee Falls’ borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Brookfield (B+), Germantown (B), Butler (C), Milwaukee (D−). Lannon, Lisbon, Pewaukee and Brookfield (township) have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Menomonee Falls has 31,552 jobs based in town for 41,291 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 Menomonee Falls’ 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; property crime is the stronger of the two.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Menomonee Falls property | Rest of Wisconsin property | Menomonee Falls violent | Rest of Wisconsin violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9.1 | 18.3 | 0.7 | 4.1 |
| 2023 | 7.6 | 16.1 | 1.0 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 5.3 | 15.6 | 0.7 | 3.8 |
| 2025 | 4.5 | 13.6 | 0.9 | 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 | Menomonee Falls | Rest of Wisconsin | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.7 | 4.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.0 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.7 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.9 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Menomonee Falls’ police reported 102 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.8 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 Menomonee Falls 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.
221 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.
37 violent and 184 property, as reported to the FBI by Menomonee Falls’ police.
11 people died in crashes on Menomonee Falls’s roads in 2019–2023
Menomonee Falls had 11 fatal crashes in five years, in which 11 people died. 2 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 5.6 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.
Menomonee Falls and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Menomonee Falls | A− | 0.8 | 5.8 |
| Lannon | — | — | — |
| Milwaukee | D− | 13.4 | 25.9 |
| Lisbon | — | — | — |
| Butler | C | 1.3 | 23.6 |
| Germantown | B | 0.6 | 11.7 |
| Brookfield (city) | B+ | 0.7 | 10.2 |
| Pewaukee | — | — | — |
| Brookfield (township) | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Lannon, Lisbon, Pewaukee and Brookfield (township) have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Wisconsin towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Menomonee Falls | A− | 0.8 | 5.8 |
| New Berlin | B+ | 0.5 | 8.9 |
| Sun Prairie | B− | 1.6 | 12.8 |
| Wausau | C+ | 3.2 | 9.6 |
| Oak Creek | C+ | 1.2 | 17.7 |
| Fond du Lac | C− | 3.7 | 18.3 |
The five graded Wisconsin towns closest to Menomonee Falls’ population (41,291), 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 Menomonee Falls. 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 Menomonee Falls’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (41,236 in 2025); our figure for Menomonee Falls is 41,291 (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 Menomonee Falls
Is Menomonee Falls, WI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Menomonee Falls reports less crime per resident than 78% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade and #47 of 175 in Wisconsin. Its police reported 0.8 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 Menomonee Falls?
0.8 violent and 5.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Wisconsin reports 3.6 and 15.1; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Menomonee Falls in 2025?
Menomonee Falls’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 2.4 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Menomonee Falls safer than Milwaukee?
Milwaukee reports more crime per resident than Menomonee Falls: Milwaukee grades D− for safety and Menomonee Falls A−. Milwaukee’s police reported 13.4 violent and 25.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Menomonee Falls?
Menomonee Falls’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Menomonee Falls”. 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.