GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – The Green Bay Police Department released its official crime statistics from 2024, which saw a slight decrease in the number of overall reports, but an increase in one category.
According to a release from the Green Bay Police Department, the overall crime report numbers from 2024 came in at 6,308 cases while 2023 saw 6,409, a decrease of roughly 1.58%.
The yearly crime statistics, according to the release, are in the table below:
| Types of Crime | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Crimes Against Persons | 1,470 | 1,385 | 1,723 | 1,466 | 1,732 |
| Property Crimes | 3,118 | 2,878 | 3,409 | 3,155 | 2,809 |
| Crimes Against Society | 1,842 | 1,978 | 1,900 | 1,788 | 1,767 |
| Combined Totals | 6,430 | 6,241 | 7,032 | 6,409 | 6,308 |
The largest overall decrease was the 11% drop in property crimes (2,809 in 2024 to 3,155 in 2023). According to the Green Bay Police Department, the 2,809 reported cases is the lowest total in the past 10 years.
Among the offenses which saw a drop in reports were:
- Arson
- Burglary
- Robbery
- Shoplifting
- Motor vehicle theft
- Theft from a motor vehicle
Crimes against society also saw an approximately 1% decrease, with 1,767 in 2024 versus the 1,788 in 2023. The department said this is likely due to lesser-known drug violations and prostitution.
However, despite the overall crime report decrease, the number of reported crimes against individual people rose about 18% from 2023 to 2024. In 2023, 1,466 crimes against person were reported compared to 2024’s 1,732 case reports.
The increase was attributed to:
- Aggravated assault
- Simple assault
- Kidnapping/abduction
The latter of the three is sometimes attributed to domestic violence incidents, especially if a person is barred from leaving.
While crimes against people did increase, the number of homicides decreased about 67%, with just two identified in 2024 compared to six a year earlier.
Police reported 24 shots fired cases in 2024, a 37% decrease from 2023’s 38. The table below includes the past several years of these reports, which do not include intentionally self-inflicted shots or justified shots fired reports.
| TOTALS | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Shots Fired | 65 | 90 | 66 | 38 | 24 |
Overdoses also decreased significantly with an overall drop of over 63% from 2023 to 2024. The numbers, split between non-fatal and fatal overdoses are below:
| TOTALS | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Non-Fatal Overdoses | 93 | 141 | 59 |
| Fatal Overdoses | 31 | 44 | 9 |
| Combined Total | 124 | 185 | 68 |
The data was compiled through numbers submitted to the Wisconsin Incident-Based Reporting System, and could be changed based on pending investigations and validations by the Green Bay Police Department and Wisconsin Department of Justice.
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