Search Wisconsin Arrest Records

Wisconsin is very open with their criminal records, and they keep everything online and publicly accessible. You can quickly and easily check up on someone to see if they have a record. In fact, you can do a free search right here on policearrests.com.

Wisconsin Arrest Records and Warrants

If arrested, caught and convicted in Wisconsin, the public will know all the juicy details. You can find out all about it with just a quick name search online here. Wisconsin makes it easy for you to obtain current warrant information, history of past arrests, convictions, charges, pleas and even verdicts and sentencing. You can also find out pretty fast if someone has ever been in prison.

Performing a Background Check

Background checks used to be labor intensive and even expensive, not anymore. Now you can run a thorough background check on someone in just a few minutes using a robust search database like this one. There are so many situations where a background check comes in handy like when hiring someone to do a job or watch your kids, when renting property to a new tenant or even knowing who to trust before giving them business.

Criminal Records Search in Wisconsin

A criminal records search is super easy to perform with just someone’s name. If you have more information, you can narrow down the results quicker, but the name is fine too. See if someone you know has any secret DUIs, is on the sex offender registry list, been charged with any misdemeanors or guilty of any more serious felony convictions.

WI Prison and Inmate Records

Wisconsin’s Department of Corrections maintains the massive database housing all inmate and prison data. With just their name, you can pull up someone’s incarceration record showing their mug shot, birth year, age, race, and gender. You can also see aliases, weight, height, eye and hair color and their dexterity.

Crime Rate

Total reported incidents in Wisconsin in 2016 increased by 2.63% compared to 2015 and is lower than national average of 3,311.69 per 100,000 people. Violent crimes increased from 15,562 to 15,699 while non-violent crime increased by 2.92% from 91,651 to 94,331.

5 Crimes In Wisconsin 2016 with most arrests

Crime	Arrests
Larceny-theft	70,231
Burglary	15,092
Aggravated assault	9,439
Motor vehicle theft	9,008
Robbery	4,615

Counties in Wisconsin with the Highest Crime Rate

Among the 63 counties the most dangerous is the Polk county with 99 violent crimes that’s 0.63% of the total of 15,699. Forest County has the highest number of records per 100,000 residents that is below the state average of 413 and lower than national average of 469.

County	Arrests
Polk	99
Waupaca	82
Waukesha	71
Brown	67
Dane	57

Safest Cities in Wisconsin

Are you planning a move to Wisconsin? Here are the safest cities in Wisconsin with the lowest crime rates. You chance of being a victim of a violent crime in Wisconsin is 1 out of 242 down by 0.05% compared to previous year. The lowest rate of violent crime is in Hartland and safest city to encounter a property crime is Barron.

City	Crime Rate
Barron	2
Cashton	2
Hillsboro	3
Winneconne	3
Woodruff	3

Violent Crimes

Violent Crimes rates in WI increased by 0.88% from 2015 and increased by 31.03% in the last 5 years since 2011 from 11,981 to 15,699. In 2016 violent crimes in WI was 12.05% lower than the national rate. Your chances of being a victim of violent crimes in Wisconsin is 0.413%.

Property Crimes

Property crime rate in Wisconsin increased by 2.92% from 2015 and decreased by 14.99% in the last 5 years since 2011 from 110,970 to 94,331. In 2016 property crimes in WI was 12.75% lower than the national average. Your chances of being a victim of a property crime is 2.48%.

How Wisconsin stands up against other states

Wisconsin vs. Colorado

You’ll be safer in Wisconsin compared to Colorado. Colorado had an 30.05% higher crime rate than Wisconsin. Minnesota scored the highest with a 1.22% higher crime rate according to the FBI. Assault rates of 248 per 100,000 people is lower than national of 284 per 100,000 people and lower than average 260 in Colorado. Arson rates of 13 per 100,000 people is lower than national of 15 per 100,000 people and lower than average 18 in Colorado.

Wisconsin vs. Minnesota

You’ll be safer in Wisconsin compared to Minnesota. Minnesota had an 1.22% higher crime rate than Wisconsin. Maryland scored the highest with a 67.92% higher crime rate according to the FBI. Assault rates of 248 per 100,000 people is lower than national of 284 per 100,000 people and higher than average 161 in Minnesota. Motor Vehicle Theft rates of 237 per 100,000 people is lower than national of 286 per 100,000 people and higher than average 194 in Minnesota.

Names with the most arrests in Wisconsin

Crime rate by age group, gender, and race

The most crimes, that's 31.86% of all records in state are committed by the people aged between 21-30. Felonies are committed more by men. Misdemeanor records are popular among white population of the state.

DID you know?

The overall crime rate in Wisconsin is 0.17% lower than the national average.
For every 100,000 people, there are 7.93 daily crimes that occur in Wisconsin.
Wisconsin is safer than Colorado.
In Wisconsin you have a 1 in 35 chance of becoming a victim of any crime.
Year over year crimes in Wisconsin have increased by 2.63%.