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.
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
Counties in Michigan
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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.
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