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.

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