Crime Grade · Michigan

Safest Cities in Michigan

138 reporting Michigan cities ranked safest to least safe, by FBI violent crime rate per 100,000 residents. Data from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

State median violent crime rate: 233.2 per 100,000. Cities with population ≥ 10,000. Letter grade is the national decile against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities — same grade everywhere on this site.

Rank	City	Population	Violent / 100k	Grade
1	New Baltimore	12,141	24.7	A1/10
2	Beverly Hills	10,542	28.5	A1/10
3	Grosse Ile Township	10,391	28.9	A1/10
4	Birmingham	22,309	31.4	A1/10
5	Grosse Pointe Park	11,060	36.2	A1/10
6	East Grand Rapids	11,672	42.8	A1/10
7	Oakland Township	20,888	43.1	A1/10
8	Rochester	12,973	46.2	A1/10
9	Lyon Township	27,456	47.3	A1/10
10	South Lyon	12,346	48.6	A1/10
11	Bloomfield Township	44,412	51.8	A1/10
12	Commerce Township	40,499	54.3	A1/10
13	White Lake Township	31,660	56.9	A1/10
14	Bath Township	13,575	58.9	A1/10
15	Springfield Township	15,035	59.9	A1/10
16	Trenton	17,830	61.7	A1/10
17	Rochester Hills	78,888	62.1	A1/10
18	Plymouth Township	27,024	62.9	A1/10
19	Orion Township	36,512	65.7	A1/10
20	Northville Township	31,504	69.8	A1/10
21	Brandon Township	15,715	70.0	A1/10
22	Milford	17,751	73.2	A1/10
23	Independence Township	37,873	76.6	A1/10
24	Grosse Pointe Woods	15,768	82.4	A1/10
25	Berkley	15,350	84.7	A1/10
26	Flushing Township	10,567	85.2	A1/10
27	Highland Township	20,636	87.2	A1/10
28	Lincoln Township	14,867	87.4	A1/10
29	Hamburg Township	20,879	91.0	A1/10
30	Tittabawassee Township	10,947	91.3	A1/10
31	Troy	89,741	94.7	A1/10
32	Farmington	11,544	95.3	A1/10
33	Novi	68,068	97.0	A1/10
34	Green Oak Township	19,996	100.0	A1/10
35	Oxford Township	19,794	106.1	A1/10
36	Wixom	17,571	108.1	A1/10
37	Midland	42,813	114.5	A1/10
38	Clawson	11,460	122.2	A2/10
39	West Bloomfield Township	66,804	127.2	A2/10
40	Fraser	14,512	130.9	A2/10
41	Farmington Hills	84,262	141.2	A2/10
42	Shelby Township	80,698	141.3	A2/10
43	Royal Oak	58,300	145.8	A2/10
44	Fruitport Township	15,677	146.7	A2/10
45	Chesterfield Township	47,569	153.5	A2/10
46	Thomas Township	11,922	167.8	A2/10
47	Woodhaven	12,497	168.0	A2/10
48	Wyandotte	24,046	170.5	A2/10
49	Dewitt Township	15,468	174.6	A2/10
50	Marquette	22,029	177.0	A2/10
51	Allen Park	27,377	182.6	A3/10
52	Saginaw Township	40,841	188.5	A3/10
53	Canton Township	100,042	192.9	A3/10
54	Fenton	11,846	194.2	A3/10
55	Metro Police Authority of Genesee County	21,285	197.3	A3/10
56	Portage	50,238	199.1	A3/10
57	Ferndale	19,490	200.1	A3/10
58	Brownstown Township	32,695	211.0	A3/10
59	Grandville	17,368	213.0	A3/10
60	East Lansing	50,447	214.1	A3/10
61	Walker	26,096	214.6	A3/10
62	Davison Township	20,437	215.3	A3/10
63	Grand Haven	11,053	217.1	A3/10
64	Livonia	92,547	217.2	A3/10
65	Riverview	11,905	218.4	A3/10
66	Sterling Heights	134,402	219.5	A3/10
67	Waterford Township	70,573	226.7	A3/10
68	Pittsfield Township	41,117	231.0	A3/10
69	St. Clair Shores	57,908	231.4	A3/10
70	Grand Blanc Township	39,880	233.2	A3/10
71	Muskegon Township	17,862	235.1	A3/10
72	Meridian Township	45,421	248.8	A3/10
73	Dearborn	105,599	249.1	A3/10
74	Flat Rock	10,188	255.2	A3/10
75	Ionia	12,005	258.2	A3/10
76	Hazel Park	15,093	265.0	B4/10
77	Norton Shores	25,083	275.1	B4/10
78	Holland	35,195	292.7	B4/10
79	Madison Heights	28,684	292.8	B4/10
80	Escanaba	12,267	293.5	B4/10
81	Ann Arbor	122,740	294.1	B4/10
82	Oak Park	29,380	299.5	B4/10
83	Huron Township	16,518	308.8	B4/10
84	Coldwater	14,566	315.8	B4/10
85	Van Buren Township	29,688	316.6	B4/10
86	Sumpter Township	11,685	316.6	B4/10
87	Clinton Township	101,593	320.9	B4/10
88	Auburn Hills	26,488	320.9	B4/10
89	Blackman Township	39,280	331.0	B4/10
90	Niles	11,681	342.4	B4/10
91	Garden City	26,196	343.6	B4/10
92	Emmett Township	11,761	348.6	B4/10
93	Melvindale	12,301	365.8	B5/10
94	Southgate	28,880	374.0	B5/10
95	Dearborn Heights	60,548	383.2	B5/10
96	Kentwood	53,891	387.8	B5/10
97	Sault Ste. Marie	13,272	391.8	B5/10
98	Cadillac	10,558	407.3	B5/10
99	Mount Pleasant	20,935	420.3	B5/10
100	Westland	82,161	421.1	B5/10
101	Alpena	10,092	426.1	B5/10
102	Sturgis	11,002	427.2	B5/10
103	Wyoming	79,015	463.2	B5/10
104	Adrian	20,171	471.0	B5/10
105	Warren	137,310	496.0	C6/10
106	Roseville	46,906	505.3	C6/10
107	Bay City	31,954	507.0	C6/10
108	Muskegon	37,306	557.6	C6/10
109	Southfield	76,992	581.9	C6/10
110	Traverse City	15,809	581.9	C6/10
111	Monroe	20,109	586.8	C6/10
112	Wayne	17,003	588.1	C6/10
113	Owosso	14,506	599.8	C6/10
114	Harper Woods	14,814	600.8	C6/10
115	Hamtramck	27,203	613.9	C6/10
116	Lincoln Park	38,449	619.0	C6/10
117	Kalamazoo Township	24,475	641.5	C7/10
118	Redford Township	47,379	658.5	C7/10
119	Port Huron	28,196	666.8	C7/10
120	Eastpointe	33,865	679.2	C7/10
121	Burton	29,358	694.9	C7/10
122	Taylor	61,146	749.0	C7/10
123	Pontiac	62,702	815.0	D8/10
124	Flint Township	30,854	820.0	D8/10
125	Ypsilanti	20,055	837.7	D8/10
126	Genesee Township	20,220	845.7	D8/10
127	Romulus	24,542	851.6	D8/10
128	Jackson	30,824	875.9	D8/10
129	Grand Rapids	200,467	893.9	D8/10
130	Flint	79,396	968.6	D8/10
131	Lansing	114,787	972.2	D8/10
132	Inkster	24,895	1032.3	D8/10
133	Battle Creek	61,225	1038.8	D8/10
134	Kalamazoo	73,244	1077.2	F9/10
135	Mount Morris Township	19,531	1157.1	F9/10
136	Detroit	642,155	1649.1	F10/10
137	Benton Township	14,040	1716.5	F10/10
138	Saginaw	42,727	2260.9	F10/10

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Cities are ranked by the FBI's reported violent crime rate per 100,000 residents for the most recent fully-reported year (see individual city pages for the year shown). The list is restricted to cities with population ≥ 10,000 that report to the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer. Refreshed every six months.