Highland Park, MI carries a PlainCrime F safety grade with violent crime 758% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Highland Park, MI shows violent crime at 3,019.3 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 4,287.4 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 758% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade F from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
F safety grade
3019.3/100K violent
4287.4/100K property
+758% vs U.S.
The verdict
Highland Park earns an F safety grade: violent crime runs 758% above the U.S. average, placing it among the highest-crime cities in the country.
F
PlainCrime safety grade
+758%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
0th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
4,287.4
property crimes per 100K
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Highland Park, MI
Position in the state cohort
Highland Park reported the highest violent-crime rate among comparable Michigan cities
At 3019.3 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Highland Park ranks 1 of 366 — above 365 of the 365 other Michigan cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +1515.0% 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
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 41.3% of the 605 Part I offenses reported in Highland Park for 2024, against a median of 16.7% across comparable Michigan cities — a gap of 24.6 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 1938.2 per 100,000 in 2020 to 3019.3 in 2024 (+55.8%). The highest observed value was 3019.3 in 2024 and the lowest 1938.0 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Comparable rate records
Highland Park's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Michigan cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Highland Park's 3019.3 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Saginaw (2201.5), Vassar (1971.7), Benton Township (1880.3), Benton Harbor (1874.1). 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.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 51.0% of reported property offenses in Highland Park, against a cohort median of 79.7%. The remainder is burglary (71) and motor vehicle theft (103). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Property counts dominate Highland 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.
Small-city offense counts above are voluntary UCR submissions, not neighbourhood advice. Year-to-year swings can look large when the population base is modest.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+55.8%
1938 → 3019.3/100K
Property Crime Rate
+9%
3934.7 → 4287.4/100K
Property offenses lead Highland Park's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs MI
vs US avg
Property Crime
355
4287.4
1395.3
1711
Larceny-Theft
181
2186
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
103
1244
-
-
Burglary
71
857.5
-
-
Arson
11
132.9
-
-
Violent Crime
250
3019.3
431.4
352
Aggravated Assault
209
2524.2
-
-
Robbery
29
350.2
-
-
Rape
9
108.7
-
-
Murder
3
36.2
-
-
Highland Park Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Highland Park property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
4,287.4/100K↑9%vs 2023
Highland Park violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · rose · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
3,019.3/100K↑55.8%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
10,680
1938.2
2809
507
2021
Comparable
10,620
2071.6
3559.3
598
2022
Comparable
8,802
2045
3771.9
512
2023
Comparable
8,514
1938
3934.7
500
2024
Comparable
8,280
3019.3
4287.4
605
How Highland Park sits among MI peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Highland Park Police Department NIBRS-participating
Highland Park's crime figures on this page originate from Highland Park Police Department's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
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 Highland Park in population. Their populations run from 8,038 to 8,501, against 8,280 here. Or use our
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These Michigan cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Highland Park's 3,019.3/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Highland Park has a violent crime rate of 3019.3 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 4287.4 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Highland Park, MI safe? ▼
Highland Park receives a safety grade of F (High Risk), with a safety score of 0/100. The violent crime rate is 758% above the national average and 600% above the Michigan average.
What is the population of Highland Park, MI? ▼
The reporting population for Highland Park is 8,280 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Highland Park? ▼
In 2024, Highland Park reported 250 violent crimes and 355 property crimes, for a total of 605 reported offenses.
How do Highland Park's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Highland Park recorded about one reported offense per 14 residents and one reported violent offense per 33 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Highland Park? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Highland Park's violent crime rate increased by 55.8%, and the property crime rate increased by 9%.
What is the most common crime in Highland Park? ▼
The most common crime type in Highland Park is aggravated assault, accounting for 34.5% of all reported crimes (209 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Highland Park is sourced from FBI UCR Table 8 for 2024; rates use that row's population.
Small-city rows use the same per-100,000 formula; a few unreported years can leave gaps in the trend table. Verify the agency's submission on FBI.gov UCR.
Disclaimer (small city): UCR counts here are informational only. They are not a victimization probability. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Highland Park, MI rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.