Murders in Wisconsin

Murders in Wisconsin was 235 in 2025, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. That is down 8.9% from 2024. That is the 20th highest of 51 states in 2025.

2025, count235
Change on 2024-8.9%
Rank20th of 51US states ranked
Series high3322021
Series low1171984

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Murders in Wisconsin, 1979 to 2025

10015020025030035019791986199320002007201420251979: 160 count1980: 136 count1981: 161 count1982: 148 count1983: 131 count1984: 117 count1985: 135 count1986: 149 count1987: 168 count1988: 144 count1989: 176 count1990: 225 count1991: 239 count1992: 218 count1993: 222 count1994: 227 count1995: 219 count1996: 204 count1997: 205 count1998: 190 count1999: 179 count2000: 169 count2001: 192 count2002: 154 count2003: 183 count2004: 154 count2005: 206 count2006: 165 count2007: 185 count2008: 146 count2009: 146 count2010: 155 count2011: 138 count2012: 169 count2013: 163 count2014: 159 count2015: 240 count2016: 232 count2017: 192 count2018: 175 count2019: 189 count2020: 308 count2021: 332 count2022: 322 count2023: 296 count2024: 258 count2025: 235 count10020030040019791995201120251979: 160 count1980: 136 count1981: 161 count1982: 148 count1983: 131 count1984: 117 count1985: 135 count1986: 149 count1987: 168 count1988: 144 count1989: 176 count1990: 225 count1991: 239 count1992: 218 count1993: 222 count1994: 227 count1995: 219 count1996: 204 count1997: 205 count1998: 190 count1999: 179 count2000: 169 count2001: 192 count2002: 154 count2003: 183 count2004: 154 count2005: 206 count2006: 165 count2007: 185 count2008: 146 count2009: 146 count2010: 155 count2011: 138 count2012: 169 count2013: 163 count2014: 159 count2015: 240 count2016: 232 count2017: 192 count2018: 175 count2019: 189 count2020: 308 count2021: 332 count2022: 322 count2023: 296 count2024: 258 count2025: 235 count
count. Source: FBI, FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter. Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2026-08-14.
All 47 values
Periodcount
2025235
2024258
2023296
2022322
2021332
2020308
2019189
2018175
2017192
2016232
2015240
2014159
2013163
2012169
2011138
2010155
2009146
2008146
2007185
2006165
2005206
2004154
2003183
2002154
2001192
2000169
1999179
1998190
1997205
1996204
1995219
1994227
1993222
1992218
1991239
1990225
1989176
1988144
1987168
1986149
1985135
1984117
1983131
1982148
1981161
1980136
1979160

Compared with United States

Place2025
Wisconsin235
United States14,085

Wisconsin compared with nearby places

Alabama: 444 countAlaska: 45 countArizona: 343 countArkansas: 196 countCalifornia: 1,370 countColorado: 219 countConnecticut: 70 countDelaware: 43 countDistrict of Columbia: 116 countFlorida: 748 countGeorgia: 629 countHawaii: 17 countIdaho: 42 countIllinois: 556 countIndiana: 266 countIowa: 52 countKansas: 142 countKentucky: 127 countLouisiana: 404 countMaine: 20 countMaryland: 329 countMassachusetts: 102 countMichigan: 442 countMinnesota: 129 countMississippi: 209 countMissouri: 443 countMontana: 30 countNebraska: 46 countNevada: 157 countNew Hampshire: 17 countNew Jersey: 178 countNew Mexico: 182 countNew York: 473 countNorth Carolina: 723 countNorth Dakota: 12 countOhio: 530 countOklahoma: 204 countOregon: 124 countPennsylvania: 543 countRhode Island: 19 countSouth Carolina: 355 countSouth Dakota: 28 countTennessee: 473 countTexas: 1,465 countUtah: 93 countVermont: 10 countVirginia: 369 countWashington: 233 countWest Virginia: 67 countWisconsin: 235 countWyoming: 16 count
  • Under 30
  • 30 to 100
  • 100 to 180
  • 180 to 330
  • 330 to 470
  • 470 and over
Murders, 2025, count. Wisconsin is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

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Definition

Estimated number of murders and nonnegligent manslaughters known to law enforcement. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program.

UCR definition: the willful killing of one human being by another, excluding deaths caused by negligence, suicides, accidents and justifiable homicides. For other countries use homicide_rate (UNODC). FBI estimates for the whole population: agencies that did not report, or reported part of the year, are filled in by the FBI. The FBI revises earlier years in each annual release, and from 2021 the estimates are built from incident-based (NIBRS) reports. The national series has no values for 2017 to 2020 in the FBI estimates file.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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APA 7

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. (2026). FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter (Murders, Wisconsin, 1979 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads

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FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, Murders, Wisconsin, 1979 to 2025. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, 14 Aug. 2026, https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/murders/wisconsin. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. 2026. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter. Murders, Wisconsin, 1979 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/murders/wisconsin.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (2026) FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, Murders, Wisconsin, 1979 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/murders/wisconsin (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  author = {{Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program}},
  title = {{FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter: Murders, Wisconsin, 1979 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads},
  urldate = {2026-10-18},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/murders/wisconsin. Publisher attribution: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/\#/pages/downloads. Retrieved 2026-10-18.},
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What is the murders in Wisconsin?

Murders in Wisconsin was 235 in 2025, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. That is down 8.9% from 2024. That is the 20th highest of 51 states in 2025.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.

What was the highest murders in Wisconsin?

332 in 2021, the highest value since 1979 in this series.

Murders elsewhere in United States

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