Livonia, MI has a B safety grade (66/100) with a violent crime rate of 228 per 100,000, 35% below the national average.
FBI UCR 2024 · per-capita rates · large city
Livonia, MI Crime Rate & Safety
At 91,189 residents, Livonia is a large city: FBI UCR Table 8 rates (per 100,000) here are read against MI and U.S. averages before the offense-family breakdown.
Livonia, MI carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 35% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Livonia, MI shows violent crime at 228.1 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,262.2 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 35% 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
228.1/100K violent
1262.2/100K property
-35% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Livonia, MI
Comparable rate records
Livonia's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Michigan cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Livonia's 228.1 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Sterling Heights (229.2), Frankenmuth (230.4), Cheboygan (225.7), Durand (225.7). 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.
Position in the state cohort
Livonia sits mid-pack among comparable Michigan cities
At 228.1 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Livonia ranks 152 of 366 — above 214 of the 365 other Michigan cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +22.0% 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 233.5 per 100,000 in 2020 to 228.1 in 2024 (-2.3%). The highest observed value was 261.2 in 2023 and the lowest 228.1 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Livonia'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.
On a large city row, these are citywide reported offense totals - not neighbourhood advice. Conditions vary by place and time; reporting rates differ across jurisdictions.
Livonia's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 35.7 Census sq mi, Livonia logged 32.2 property and 5.8 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Livonia's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (68% of 1,359 offenses; mix index 4,929).
Violent offenses are 15% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (35.7 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
-16%
1502.5 → 1262.2/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-12.7%
261.2 → 228.1/100K
Property offenses lead Livonia's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
1,151
1262.2
1711
Larceny-Theft
922
1011.1
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
154
168.9
-
Burglary
75
82.2
-
Arson
6
6.6
-
Violent Crime
208
228.1
352
Aggravated Assault
174
190.8
-
Rape
20
21.9
-
Robbery
14
15.4
-
Murder
0
0
-
Livonia Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Livonia property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Livonia Police Department
Reporting agency for Livonia NIBRS-participating
Livonia Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Livonia's 1,359 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 Livonia in population. Their populations run from 79,183 to 104,571, against 91,189 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Livonia reported 208 violent crimes and 1,151 property crimes, for a total of 1,359 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Livonia?
From 2023 to 2024, Livonia's violent crime rate decreased by 12.7%, and the property crime rate decreased by 16%.
What is the most common crime in Livonia?
The most common crime type in Livonia is larceny-theft, accounting for 67.8% of all reported crimes (922 incidents in 2024).
Large-city read: Livonia's rates come from the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, CIUS Table 8, vintage 2024.
Incomplete reporters stay out of rate rankings. Cross-check population with Census ACS; state UCR programs for statewide context. Primary verify links: FBI.gov UCR, Census QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (large city): informational crime rates only - not legal, insurance, or personal-safety advice. Source: FBI UCR. Ask a qualified professional before acting.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Livonia, MI rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.