Allen Park, MI carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 32% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Allen Park, MI shows violent crime at 239 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,750.5 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 32% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
B safety grade
239/100K violent
1750.5/100K property
-32% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Allen Park, MI
Comparable rate records
Allen Park's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Michigan cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Allen Park's 239.0 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Coldwater (238.5), Wyandotte (239.7), Buchanan (240.6), Fraser (236.9). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 365.5 per 100,000 in 2020 to 239.0 in 2024 (-34.6%). The highest observed value was 365.5 in 2020 and the lowest 176.6 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Allen Park sits mid-pack among comparable Michigan cities
At 239.0 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Allen Park ranks 145 of 366 — above 221 of the 365 other Michigan cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +27.9% against the cohort median of 187.0. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 12.0% of the 541 Part I offenses reported in Allen Park for 2024, against a median of 16.8% across comparable Michigan cities — a gap of 4.8 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
Property counts dominate Allen Park's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Allen Park's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 7 Census sq mi, Allen Park logged 68 property and 9.3 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Allen Park's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (70% of 541 offenses; mix index 5,207).
Violent offenses are only 12% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (7 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+18.6%
201.6 → 239/100K
Property Crime Rate
+0.3%
1745.9 → 1750.5/100K
Property offenses lead Allen Park's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs MI
Property Crime
476
1750.5
1395.3
Larceny-Theft
379
1393.7
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
75
275.8
-
Burglary
22
80.9
-
Arson
1
3.7
-
Violent Crime
65
239
431.4
Aggravated Assault
50
183.9
-
Robbery
11
40.5
-
Rape
4
14.7
-
Murder
0
0
-
Allen Park Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Allen Park property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Allen Park Police Department
Reporting agency for Allen Park NIBRS-participating
Allen Park Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Allen Park's 541 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Michigan
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Michigan cities closest to Allen Park in population. Their populations run from 26,008 to 28,702, against 27,193 here. Or use our
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Allen Park at 239/100K violent and 1,750.5/100K property - matched below outside Michigan (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Allen Park reported 65 violent crimes and 476 property crimes, for a total of 541 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Allen Park?
From 2023 to 2024, Allen Park's violent crime rate increased by 18.6%, and the property crime rate increased by 0.3%.
What is the most common crime in Allen Park?
The most common crime type in Allen Park is larceny-theft, accounting for 70.1% of all reported crimes (379 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Allen Park figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Allen Park, MI rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.