Safest Cities in Michigan

Top 50 cities (≥10,000 pop) by lowest FBI UCR violent crime rate per 100,000 · 2024. Lead: Grosse Pointe Park at 18.2/100K.

FBI UCR Safest-Cities Snapshot: Michigan

Michigan lists 50 cities with 10,000+ population for 2024, spanning Grosse Pointe Park at 18.2/100K violent down to Davison Township at 186.7/100K on this cut. That is a 168.5/100K spread inside the safest cohort alone, not a single statewide rate. Cohort average: 89.8 violent offenses per 100,000 residents.

Grosse Pointe Park reported 2 violent and 172 property offenses on a 10,982 reporting population in 2024. Property rate 1566.2/100K sits beside the 18.2/100K violent rate. Top five on the table: Grosse Pointe Park, Grosse Ile Township, Rochester, Lyon Township, Springfield Township.

Grosse Pointe Park offense desk

Grosse Pointe Park's violent rate fell 70.7% vs 2023 (62.2 → 18.2 per 100K) while staying #1 on this Michigan list.

Mix index is HHI × 10,000 on Part I violent shares for the #1 city only, distinct from the per-100K ranking table.

# Grade City Population Violent Crime Rate Property Crime Rate
1 A Grosse Pointe Park 10,982 18.2/100K 1566.2/100K
2 A+ Grosse Ile Township 10,296 19.4/100K 242.8/100K
3 A+ Rochester 12,706 23.6/100K 377.8/100K
4 A+ Lyon Township 26,094 26.8/100K 268.3/100K
5 A+ Springfield Township 14,762 27.1/100K 392.9/100K
6 A+ Oakland Township 20,306 29.5/100K 172.4/100K
7 A+ Berkley 14,859 33.6/100K 343.2/100K
8 A+ Trenton 17,698 33.9/100K 542.4/100K
9 A+ Orion Township 35,833 36.3/100K 404.7/100K
10 A+ Bloomfield Township 43,611 36.7/100K 541.1/100K
11 A+ Hamburg Township 21,143 37.8/100K 184.5/100K
12 A+ White Lake Township 31,222 41.6/100K 435.6/100K
13 A+ New Baltimore 11,961 41.8/100K 401.3/100K
14 A+ Green Oak Township 20,129 44.7/100K 402.4/100K
15 A+ Milford 16,974 47.1/100K 282.8/100K
16 A+ Beverly Hills 10,332 48.4/100K 493.6/100K
17 A Plymouth Township 26,824 48.5/100K 652.4/100K
18 A Northville Township 30,866 48.6/100K 722.5/100K
19 A Birmingham 21,326 56.3/100K 642.4/100K
20 A+ South Lyon 12,010 58.3/100K 291.4/100K
21 A East Grand Rapids 11,441 61.2/100K 1083.8/100K
22 A Commerce Township 39,076 61.4/100K 614.2/100K
23 A+ Brandon Township 15,308 65.3/100K 169.8/100K
24 A+ Flushing Township 10,502 66.7/100K 295.2/100K
25 A West Bloomfield Township 64,892 81.7/100K 525.5/100K
26 A+ Oxford Township 19,165 83.5/100K 213.9/100K
27 A Farmington 11,334 88.2/100K 352.9/100K
28 A Tittabawassee Township 10,947 91.3/100K 328.9/100K
29 A Rochester Hills 75,960 92.2/100K 531.9/100K
30 A Grosse Pointe Woods 15,665 95.8/100K 1487.4/100K
31 A Novi 66,366 99.4/100K 655.5/100K
32 A Independence Township 37,059 102.5/100K 323.8/100K
33 A Woodhaven 12,447 112.5/100K 1542.5/100K
34 A Chesterfield Township 45,674 113.9/100K 1046.5/100K
35 A Troy 87,422 115.5/100K 1276.6/100K
36 A Midland 42,712 121.7/100K 655.6/100K
37 A Royal Oak 57,257 124/100K 801.6/100K
38 A Metro Police Authority of Genesee County 21,186 132.2/100K 868.5/100K
39 A Highland Township 19,047 136.5/100K 288.8/100K
40 A Lincoln Township 14,864 141.3/100K 841/100K
41 A Brownstown Township 32,439 151.1/100K 690.5/100K
42 A Shelby Township 79,985 160/100K 542.6/100K
43 B Fenton 11,808 169.4/100K 2396.7/100K
44 B Canton Township 97,844 172.7/100K 1051.7/100K
45 B Saginaw Township 40,864 173.7/100K 1426.7/100K
46 B Wixom 17,120 181.1/100K 969.6/100K
47 B Meridian Township 43,912 182.2/100K 1701.1/100K
48 A Ionia 11,900 184.9/100K 554.6/100K
49 B St. Clair Shores 57,157 185.5/100K 1065.5/100K
50 B Davison Township 20,357 186.7/100K 884.2/100K

Michigan overview · Most dangerous cities · National safest cities · Methodology - FBI UCR Part I rates; cities ≥10,000 pop; 2024.