Southgate, MI has a D safety grade (38/100) with a violent crime rate of 446 per 100,000, 27% above the national average.

FBI UCR 2024 · per-capita rates · mid-size city

Southgate, MI Crime Rate & Safety

Southgate (28,702 people) sits in the mid-size municipal band. This page opens with per-100,000 FBI UCR rates, then MI and national benchmarks.

Data updated 2026-08-24

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D
Safety grade
2,017.3
Property / 100K
446
Violent / 100K
29K
Population

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.

Southgate offense mix (2024)

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
Property Crime 579 2017.3
Larceny-Theft 443 1543.4
Motor Vehicle Theft 84 292.7
Burglary 52 181.2
Arson 0 0
Violent Crime 128 446
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

Property crime rate (2024)
2,017.3/100K 1.2% vs 2023
1,7001,8001,9002,0002,100 20202021202220232024 2,017

Southgate violent crime rate trend

Secondary series · rose · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR

Violent crime rate (2024)
446/100K 8.9% vs 2023
250300350400450500 20202021202220232024 446
Year Coverage Population Violent Rate Property Rate
2020 Comparable 28,848 298.1 1767.9
2021 Comparable 29,052 354.5 2037.7
2022 Comparable 29,769 413.2 1934.9
2023 Comparable 29,539 409.6 1994
2024 Comparable 28,702 446 2017.3

How Southgate sits among MI peers

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Southgate vs. similar-size MI cities, violent vs. property crime. X axis violent crime per 100K, Y axis property crime per 100K, split by the national averages. 9 cities; the anchor is ringed. Southgate vs. similar-size MI cities, violent vs. property crime 44 826 Violent crime per 100K → 587 2,519 Property crime per 100K → Southgate SAFEST HIGHEST CRIME Safety grade A / B C D / F
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 side-by-side compare tool to benchmark two cities directly.

Southgate's closest MI violent-rate matches

Southgate sits at 446/100K violent (grade D); the Michigan cities below are the nearest matches after size peers are removed.

Out-of-state peers for Southgate

Southgate at 446/100K violent and 2,017.3/100K property - matched below outside Michigan (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).

More about Southgate's 2024 record

How many crimes were reported in Southgate?

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.

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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.

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