Michigan Crime Rates: Safest & Most Dangerous Cities

Crime data for 366 cities and 69 counties in Michigan (MI), ranked from safest to most dangerous. Data from 654 law enforcement agencies.

FBI UCR Data Snapshot: Michigan

Michigan (MI) reported 43,741 violent crimes and 141,493 property crimes in 2024, based on FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program submissions from 654 law enforcement agencies. That translates to a statewide violent crime rate of 431.4 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1395.3 per 100,000 against a reporting population of 10,140,459. The PlainCrime dataset indexes 366 Michigan cities and 69 counties, each with their own detail pages and local crime figures drawn from FBI UCR Tables 8 and 10.

Within the statewide violent crime total, aggravated assault accounted for 0 incidents, robbery 0, murder and non-negligent manslaughter 0, and rape 0. Property crime splits across larceny-theft (0), burglary (0), motor vehicle theft (0), and arson (0).

Across 11 years of state-level UCR history (2014–2024), the violent crime rate moved from 425.8 to 431.4 per 100,000 — a rise of 1.3%. City-level detail pages within Michigan include safety grades (A+ to F), benchmarks against national averages, per-capita risk estimates, and multi-year trend tables for users comparing specific jurisdictions. All figures above are drawn from FBI UCR 2024 submissions; reporting completeness varies by agency, and the FBI periodically restates prior-year figures as late submissions arrive.

Violent Crime Rate
431.4/100K
Property Crime Rate
1395.3/100K
Population
10,140,459
Data Year
2024

Safest Cities

Top 50 by lowest violent crime rate

Most Dangerous Cities

Top 50 by highest violent crime rate

Crime Trends

Multi-year charts & analysis

Crime Trends

Year Population Violent Crime Rate Property Crime Rate
2024 10,140,459 43,741 431.4 141,493 1395.3
2023 10,037,261 45,740 455.7 156,904 1563.2
2022 10,034,113 46,230 460.7 156,104 1555.7
2021 10,050,811 49,103 488.5 137,605 1369.1
2020 9,966,555 48,632 488 139,785 1402.5
2019 9,986,857 43,667 437.2 158,534 1587.4
2018 9,995,915 45,245 452.6 167,092 1671.6
2017 9,962,311 44,972 451.4 181,139 1818.2
2016 9,928,300 45,512 458.4 190,485 1918.6
2015 9,922,576 41,453 417.8 191,611 1931.1
2014 9,909,877 42,196 425.8 201,778 2036.1

Cities in Michigan

City Population
Detroit 651,171
Grand Rapids 195,913
Warren 135,843
Sterling Heights 133,058
Ann Arbor 118,025
Lansing 111,965
Dearborn 104,571
Clinton Township 99,056
Canton Township 97,844
Livonia 91,189
Troy 87,422
Farmington Hills 82,116
Westland 81,727
Shelby Township 79,985
Flint 79,183
Wyoming 77,684
Rochester Hills 75,960
Southfield 75,454
Kalamazoo 73,002
Waterford Township 69,066
Novi 66,366
West Bloomfield Township 64,892
Pontiac 61,644
Battle Creek 61,163
Taylor 60,602
Dearborn Heights 60,148
Royal Oak 57,257
St. Clair Shores 57,157
Kentwood 53,891
East Lansing 50,472
Portage 49,416
Redford Township 47,067
Roseville 46,358
Chesterfield Township 45,674
Meridian Township 43,912
Bloomfield Township 43,611
Saginaw 42,880
Midland 42,712
Saginaw Township 40,864
Grand Blanc Township 39,880
Pittsfield Township 39,244
Blackman Township 39,091
Commerce Township 39,076
Lincoln Park 38,169
Independence Township 37,059
Orion Township 35,833
Holland 34,604
Eastpointe 33,492
Brownstown Township 32,439
Bay City 31,908
White Lake Township 31,222
Northville Township 30,866
Flint Township 30,751
Jackson 30,704
Van Buren Township 29,591
Burton 29,280
Oak Park 28,858
Southgate 28,702
Port Huron 28,204
Madison Heights 28,188
Allen Park 27,193
Hamtramck 27,014
Plymouth Township 26,824
Lyon Township 26,094
Auburn Hills 26,019
Garden City 26,008
Walker 25,308
Norton Shores 25,001
Inkster 24,751
Romulus 24,567
Kalamazoo Township 24,299
Wyandotte 23,778
Birmingham 21,326
Marquette 21,245
Metro Police Authority of Genesee County 21,186
Hamburg Township 21,143
Mount Pleasant 20,577
Davison Township 20,357
Oakland Township 20,306
Genesee Township 20,199
Green Oak Township 20,129
Adrian 20,113
Mount Morris Township 19,494
Oxford Township 19,165
Highland Township 19,047
Ferndale 19,041
Ypsilanti 19,021
Trenton 17,698
Wixom 17,120
Milford 16,974
Grandville 16,900
Wayne 16,891
Huron Township 16,648
Grosse Pointe Woods 15,665
DeWitt Township 15,433
Brandon Township 15,308
Lincoln Township 14,864
Berkley 14,859
Hazel Park 14,763
Springfield Township 14,762
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Primary source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States annual release. State-level trends cross-check against the FBI Crime Data Explorer (CDE) API.

Population figures for rate calculations reference U.S. Census Bureau estimates where FBI-reported populations are unavailable.