Southgate, MI carries a PlainCrime D safety grade with violent crime 27% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Southgate, MI shows violent crime at 446 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,017.3 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 27% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade D from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
D safety grade
446/100K violent
2017.3/100K property
+27% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Southgate, MI
Comparable rate records
Southgate's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Michigan cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Southgate's 446.0 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Clinton (444.4), Westland (449.1), St. Joseph (442.2), Greenville (442.1). 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 298.1 per 100,000 in 2020 to 446.0 in 2024 (+49.6%). The highest observed value was 446.0 in 2024 and the lowest 298.1 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Southgate reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Michigan cities
At 446.0 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Southgate ranks 65 of 366 — above 301 of the 365 other Michigan cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +138.5% 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.
Property counts dominate Southgate'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.
Southgate's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 6.9 Census sq mi, Southgate logged 84.2 property and 18.6 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Southgate's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (63% of 707 offenses; mix index 4,367).
Violent offenses are 18% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (6.9 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
+8.9%
409.6 → 446/100K
Property Crime Rate
+1.2%
1994 → 2017.3/100K
Property offenses lead Southgate's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs MI
Property Crime
579
2017.3
1395.3
Larceny-Theft
443
1543.4
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
84
292.7
-
Burglary
52
181.2
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
128
446
431.4
Aggravated Assault
110
383.2
-
Rape
9
31.4
-
Robbery
9
31.4
-
Murder
0
0
-
Southgate Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Southgate 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
Southgate Police Department
Reporting agency for Southgate NIBRS-participating
Southgate Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Southgate's 707 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 Southgate in population. Their populations run from 26,824 to 29,591, against 28,702 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Southgate reported 128 violent crimes and 579 property crimes, for a total of 707 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Southgate?
From 2023 to 2024, Southgate's violent crime rate increased by 8.9%, and the property crime rate increased by 1.2%.
What is the most common crime in Southgate?
The most common crime type in Southgate is larceny-theft, accounting for 62.7% of all reported crimes (443 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Southgate 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 Southgate, MI rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.