City Population Violent / 100K Property / 100K Grade
Capac 1,960 306.1 1,377.6 C
St. Charles 1,943 463.2 308.8 C
Leslie 1,897 210.9 421.7 A
Yale 1,888 423.7 635.6 C
Laurium 1,879 212.9 266.1 A
Marlette 1,852 378 863.9 C
Tawas City 1,848 541.1 811.7 D
Lawton 1,783 168.3 1,009.5 B
White Pigeon 1,723 348.2 2,089.4 C
Cassopolis 1,712 408.9 759.3 C
Sylvan Lake 1,698 58.9 765.6 A
New Buffalo 1,688 59.2 59.2 A+
Armada 1,660 60.2 421.7 A+
Decatur 1,650 303 2,424.2 C
Watervliet 1,645 547.1 607.9 C
Crystal Falls 1,616 0 123.8 A+
Harbor Beach 1,568 127.6 510.2 A
Birch Run 1,535 260.6 3,973.9 C
Manton 1,515 66 990.1 A
Shepherd 1,505 0 664.5 A+
Schoolcraft 1,437 139.2 1,531 B
Laingsburg 1,409 0 567.8 A+
Stanton 1,382 72.4 217.1 A+
Litchfield 1,381 0 434.5 A+
Three Oaks 1,381 144.8 506.9 A
Scottville 1,357 221.1 810.6 B
Stockbridge 1,287 388.5 1,010.1 C
Coleman 1,272 314.5 471.7 B
Harbor Springs 1,269 78.8 157.6 A+
Breckenridge 1,259 0 1,191.4 A+
Colon 1,193 335.3 1,089.7 C
Pigeon 1,192 0 0 A+
Beaverton 1,176 170.1 1,530.6 B
Caspian-Gaastra 1,142 87.6 262.7 A
Carson City 1,129 88.6 177.1 A+
Reading 1,082 277.3 184.8 B
Memphis 1,055 94.8 379.1 A
Lakeview 1,040 576.9 1,153.8 D
Millington 1,014 295.9 98.6 B
Lawrence 1,010 297 792.1 B
Morrice 999 0 0 A+
Richland 939 213 1,171.5 B
Lexington 930 322.6 107.5 B
Clarkston 904 221.2 553.1 B
Mayville 904 0 221.2 A+
Pentwater 902 0 665.2 A+
Mendon 863 347.6 4,635 D
Mackinaw City 847 590.3 3,541.9 F
Augusta 846 354.6 2,009.5 C
Ubly 831 361 361 B
Otisville 804 0 248.8 A+
Elkton 781 256.1 1,280.4 B
Vernon 721 277.4 138.7 B
Port Austin 652 0 920.2 A+
Caseville 641 0 468 A+
Peck 597 0 167.5 A+
Mackinac Island 595 168.1 8,571.4 C
New Lothrop 581 0 860.6 A+
Grand Beach/Michiana 501 0 998 A+
Bancroft 479 0 417.5 A+
New Era 456 0 0 A+
Marenisco Township 455 0 0 A+
Rothbury 446 0 1,345.3 A
Kingston 393 0 1,017.8 A+
Akron 367 0 272.5 A+
Owendale 257 0 0 A+
Showing cities 301–366 of 366 in Michigan, by population. See the Michigan safest and most dangerous city rankings, or the Michigan crime overview.

How These City Grades Are Calculated

Each grade weighs a city's violent crime rate (70%) and property crime rate (30%) against the national averages, drawn from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States, Table 8 for 2024. Rates use (offenses ÷ population) × 100,000.

UCR participation is voluntary, so not every Michigan city reports every year, and small-population cities can show volatile rates where a single incident moves the per-capita figure sharply. Read the full methodology for the scoring formula and limitations.