Wixom, MI carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 49% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Wixom, MI shows violent crime at 181.1 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 969.6 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 49% 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
181.1/100K violent
969.6/100K property
-49% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Wixom, MI
Comparable rate records
Wixom's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Michigan cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Wixom's 181.1 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Orchard Lake (182.0), Meridian Township (182.2), Chikaming Township (184.2), Madison Township (177.9). 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 higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 141.7 per 100,000 in 2020 to 181.1 in 2024 (+27.7%). The highest observed value was 247.4 in 2021 and the lowest 122.2 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 69.3% of reported property offenses in Wixom, against a cohort median of 79.7%. The remainder is burglary (27) and motor vehicle theft (24). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Position in the state cohort
Wixom sits mid-pack among comparable Michigan cities
At 181.1 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Wixom ranks 192 of 366 — above 174 of the 365 other Michigan cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -3.8% against the cohort median of 188.3. 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 Wixom'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.
Wixom's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 9.1 Census sq mi, Wixom logged 18.2 property and 3.4 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Wixom leans on larceny-theft at 58% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,865.
Violent offenses are 16% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (9.1 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
-21.2%
1230.9 → 969.6/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-5.9%
192.5 → 181.1/100K
Property offenses lead Wixom's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
166
969.6
1711
Larceny-Theft
115
671.7
-
Burglary
27
157.7
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
24
140.2
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
31
181.1
352
Aggravated Assault
20
116.8
-
Rape
8
46.7
-
Robbery
2
11.7
-
Murder
1
5.8
-
Wixom Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Wixom 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
Wixom Police Department
Reporting agency for Wixom NIBRS-participating
Wixom Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Wixom's 197 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 Wixom in population. Their populations run from 15,308 to 17,698, against 17,120 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Wixom reported 31 violent crimes and 166 property crimes, for a total of 197 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Wixom?
From 2023 to 2024, Wixom's violent crime rate decreased by 5.9%, and the property crime rate decreased by 21.2%.
What is the most common crime in Wixom?
The most common crime type in Wixom is larceny-theft, accounting for 58.4% of all reported crimes (115 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Wixom 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.