What is the safest city in Michigan?

Based on 2024 FBI data, Addison Township is the safest city in Michigan with a violent crime rate of 0.0 per 100,000 residents.

What is the most dangerous city in Michigan?

Highland Park has the highest violent crime rate in Michigan at 3019.3 per 100,000 residents in 2024.

How many cities in Michigan report crime data?

432 cities in Michigan reported crime data to the FBI in 2024.

Safest Cities in Michigan (2024)

Ranked by violent crime rate per 100,000 residents from 2024 FBI data. Michigan has 432 cities reporting crime data, with a statewide violent crime rate of 434.3 per 100K.

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Cities Tracked

0.0

Safest City Rate

173.7

Median City Rate

3019.3

Highest Rate

Top 25 Safest Cities in Michigan

#	City	Population	Violent Rate	Murder Rate	Property Rate	Grade
1	Addison Township	6,218	0.0	0.0	32.2	A
2	Kinross Township	6,490	15.4	0.0	61.6	A
3	Northville	5,932	16.9	0.0	606.9	A
4	Grosse Pointe Park	10,982	18.2	0.0	1566.2	A
5	Grosse Ile Township	10,296	19.4	0.0	242.8	A
6	Rochester	12,706	23.6	0.0	377.8	A
7	Lyon Township	26,094	26.8	0.0	268.3	A
8	Springfield Township	14,762	27.1	0.0	392.9	A
9	Oakland Township	20,306	29.5	0.0	172.4	A
10	Napoleon Township	6,683	29.9	0.0	448.9	A
11	Huntington Woods	6,225	32.1	0.0	305.2	A
12	Berkley	14,859	33.6	0.0	343.2	A
13	Trenton	17,698	33.9	5.7	542.4	B+
14	Houghton	8,564	35.0	0.0	759.0	B+
15	Orion Township	35,833	36.3	0.0	404.7	B+
16	Bloomfield Township	43,611	36.7	0.0	541.1	B+
17	Hamburg Township	21,143	37.8	0.0	184.5	B+
18	Gladstone	5,232	38.2	0.0	477.8	B+
19	Grosse Pointe Farms	9,640	41.5	0.0	1068.5	B+
20	White Lake Township	31,222	41.6	0.0	435.6	B+
21	New Baltimore	11,961	41.8	0.0	401.3	B+
22	Green Oak Township	20,129	44.7	0.0	402.4	B+
23	Milford	16,974	47.1	0.0	282.8	B+
24	Beverly Hills	10,332	48.4	0.0	493.6	B+
25	Plymouth Township	26,824	48.5	0.0	652.4	B+

Most Dangerous Cities in Michigan

#	City	Population	Violent Rate	Murder Rate	Grade
1	Highland Park	8,280	3019.3	36.2	F
2	Saginaw	42,880	2201.5	44.3	F
3	Benton Township	14,040	1880.3	21.4	F
4	Benton Harbor	8,804	1874.1	0.0	F
5	Detroit	651,171	1781.3	31.2	F
6	Muskegon Heights	9,944	1709.6	10.1	F
7	Buena Vista Township	7,485	1376.1	13.4	F
8	Lansing	111,965	1345.1	9.8	F
9	Ecorse	9,087	1320.6	0.0	F
10	Albion	7,212	1317.2	0.0	F
11	Kalamazoo	73,002	1283.5	13.7	F
12	Flint	79,183	1257.8	25.3	F
13	Battle Creek	61,163	1121.6	8.2	F
14	Inkster	24,751	1074.7	12.1	F
15	Jackson	30,704	1061.8	9.8	F

All 432 Cities in Michigan

Complete list ranked from safest to most dangerous.

Show all 432 cities

#	City	Pop.	Violent Rate	Grade
1	Iron Mountain	7,274	0.0	A
2	Thetford Township	6,605	0.0	A
3	Addison Township	6,218	0.0	A
4	Lapeer Township	4,970	0.0	A
5	Somerset Township	4,585	0.0	A
6	Ishpeming Township	3,449	0.0	A
7	Norway	2,736	0.0	A
8	Saugatuck-Douglas	2,301	0.0	A
9	Morenci	2,206	0.0	A
10	Perry	2,145	0.0	A
11	Woodland Township	2,139	0.0	A
12	Springport Township	2,119	0.0	A
13	Lake Odessa	2,043	0.0	A
14	Baraga	1,935	0.0	A
15	L'Anse	1,824	0.0	A
16	Fennville	1,733	0.0	A
17	Union City	1,723	0.0	A
18	Crystal Falls	1,616	0.0	A
19	Elk Rapids	1,613	0.0	A
20	Shepherd	1,505	0.0	A
21	Watersmeet Township	1,472	0.0	A
22	Laingsburg	1,409	0.0	A
23	Litchfield	1,381	0.0	A
24	Mancelona	1,364	0.0	A
25	Bellevue	1,305	0.0	A
26	Frankfort	1,281	0.0	A
27	Breckenridge	1,259	0.0	A
28	Reese	1,251	0.0	A
29	Pigeon	1,192	0.0	A
30	Fair Haven Township	1,087	0.0	A
31	Bellaire	1,064	0.0	A
32	Lake Linden	1,019	0.0	A
33	Morrice	999	0.0	A
34	Garfield Township	997	0.0	A
35	Central Lake	938	0.0	A
36	Mayville	904	0.0	A
37	Pentwater	902	0.0	A
38	Otisville	804	0.0	A
39	Port Austin	652	0.0	A
40	Caseville	641	0.0	A
41	Peck	597	0.0	A
42	New Lothrop	581	0.0	A
43	Rose City	561	0.0	A
44	Eau Claire	540	0.0	A
45	Galien	525	0.0	A
46	Grand Beach/Michiana	501	0.0	A
47	Bancroft	479	0.0	A
48	Lennon	473	0.0	A
49	New Era	456	0.0	A
50	Marenisco Township	455	0.0	A
51	Rothbury	446	0.0	A
52	Kinde	440	0.0	A
53	Kingston	393	0.0	A
54	Akron	367	0.0	A
55	Gagetown	360	0.0	A
56	Barryton	357	0.0	A
57	Lake Angelus	290	0.0	A
58	Oakley	269	0.0	A
59	Owendale	257	0.0	A
60	Kinross Township	6,490	15.4	A
61	Northville	5,932	16.9	A
62	Grosse Pointe Park	10,982	18.2	A
63	Grosse Ile Township	10,296	19.4	A
64	Rochester	12,706	23.6	A
65	Lyon Township	26,094	26.8	A
66	Springfield Township	14,762	27.1	A
67	Oakland Township	20,306	29.5	A
68	Napoleon Township	6,683	29.9	A
69	Essexville	3,281	30.5	A
70	Huntington Woods	6,225	32.1	A
71	Franklin	3,110	32.2	A
72	Berkley	14,859	33.6	A
73	Trenton	17,698	33.9	B+
74	Rogers City	2,927	34.2	B+
75	Houghton	8,564	35.0	B+
76	Orion Township	35,833	36.3	B+
77	Bloomfield Township	43,611	36.7	B+
78	Hamburg Township	21,143	37.8	B+
79	Gladstone	5,232	38.2	B+
80	Grosse Pointe Shores	2,511	39.8	B+
81	Grosse Pointe Farms	9,640	41.5	B+
82	White Lake Township	31,222	41.6	B+
83	New Baltimore	11,961	41.8	B+
84	West Branch	2,361	42.4	B+
85	Pinckney	2,340	42.7	B+
86	St. Ignace	2,290	43.7	B+
87	Green Oak Township	20,129	44.7	B+
88	Shelby	2,177	45.9	B+
89	Milford	16,974	47.1	B+
90	Linden	4,165	48.0	B+
91	Beverly Hills	10,332	48.4	B+
92	Plymouth Township	26,824	48.5	B+
93	Northville Township	30,866	48.6	B+
94	Bridgman	2,040	49.0	B+
95	Gaines Township	6,103	49.2	B+
96	Richland Township, Saginaw County	3,871	51.7	B+
97	Portland	3,791	52.8	B+
98	Williamston	3,758	53.2	B+
99	Columbia Township	7,456	53.6	B+
100	Romeo	3,721	53.7	B+
101	Plymouth	9,095	55.0	B+
102	Birmingham	21,326	56.3	B+
103	Prairieville Township	3,548	56.4	B+
104	Argentine Township	6,965	57.4	B+
105	Oxford	3,437	58.2	B+
106	South Lyon	12,010	58.3	B+
107	Allegan	5,144	58.3	B+
108	Sylvan Lake	1,698	58.9	B+
109	New Buffalo	1,688	59.2	B+
110	Unadilla Township	3,320	60.2	B+
111	Armada	1,660	60.2	B+
112	Kingsford	4,931	60.8	B+
113	East Grand Rapids	11,441	61.2	B+
114	Commerce Township	39,076	61.4	B+
115	DeWitt	4,810	62.4	B+
116	Adrian Township	6,270	63.8	B+
117	Quincy	1,562	64.0	B+
118	Potterville	3,104	64.4	B+
119	Brandon Township	15,308	65.3	B+
120	Montrose Township	7,605	65.7	B+
121	Manton	1,515	66.0	B+
122	Corunna	3,015	66.3	B+
123	St. Clair	6,019	66.5	B+
124	Flushing Township	10,502	66.7	B+
125	Richfield Township, Genesee County	8,930	67.2	B
126	Wolverine Lake	4,414	68.0	B
127	River Rouge	7,319	68.3	B
128	Northfield Township	8,461	70.9	B
129	Stanton	1,382	72.4	B
130	White Cloud	1,381	72.4	B
131	Flushing	8,192	73.2	B
132	Pleasant Ridge	2,562	78.1	B
133	Boyne City	3,838	78.2	B
134	Harbor Springs	1,269	78.8	B
135	Forsyth Township	6,292	79.5	B
136	West Bloomfield Township	64,892	81.7	B
137	Oxford Township	19,165	83.5	B
138	Holly	5,922	84.4	B
139	Richmond	5,820	85.9	B
140	Raisin Township	8,038	87.1	B
141	Caspian-Gaastra	1,142	87.6	B
142	Farmington	11,334	88.2	B
143	Kalkaska	2,257	88.6	B
144	Carson City	1,129	88.6	B
145	Zeeland	5,621	89.0	B
146	Tittabawassee Township	10,947	91.3	B
147	Rochester Hills	75,960	92.2	B
148	Blissfield	3,245	92.4	B
149	Memphis	1,055	94.8	B
150	Grosse Pointe Woods	15,665	95.8	B
151	Rockford	6,183	97.0	B
152	Novi	66,366	99.4	B
153	Milan	5,990	100.2	B
154	Grayling	1,978	101.1	B
155	Munising	1,978	101.1	B
156	Elsie	977	102.4	B
157	Independence Township	37,059	102.5	B
158	Gibraltar	4,836	103.4	C+
159	Dryden Township	4,804	104.1	C+
160	Cambridge Township	5,698	105.3	C+
161	Hesperia	935	107.0	C+
162	Howell	9,985	110.2	C+
163	Keego Harbor	2,719	110.3	C+
164	Brighton	8,140	110.6	C+
165	Richfield Township, Roscommon County	3,601	111.1	C+
166	Grosse Pointe	5,383	111.5	C+
167	Woodhaven	12,447	112.5	C+
168	Chesterfield Township	45,674	113.9	C+
169	Bloomfield Hills	4,356	114.8	C+
170	Hampton Township	9,531	115.4	C+
171	Troy	87,422	115.5	C+
172	Tecumseh	8,571	116.7	C+
173	Petoskey	5,839	119.9	C+
174	Midland	42,712	121.7	C+
175	St. Joseph Township	9,723	123.4	C+
176	Royal Oak	57,257	124.0	C+
177	Ovid	1,609	124.3	C+
178	Clayton Township	7,234	124.4	C+
179	Whitehall	3,169	126.2	C+
180	Tuscarora Township	3,143	127.3	C+
181	Harbor Beach	1,568	127.6	C+
182	Hudson	2,344	128.0	C+
183	Rockwood	3,104	128.9	C+
184	Spring Arbor Township	8,501	129.4	C+
185	Metro Police Authority of Genesee County	21,186	132.2	C+
186	Bronson	2,261	132.7	C+
187	Berrien Springs-Oronoko Township	9,008	133.2	C+
188	Zilwaukee	1,494	133.9	C+
189	Highland Township	19,047	136.5	C+
190	Walled Lake	7,321	136.6	C+
191	Jonesville	2,167	138.4	C+
192	Schoolcraft	1,437	139.2	C+
193	Barry Township	3,560	140.4	C+
194	Lincoln Township	14,864	141.3	C+
195	Lapeer	9,157	142.0	C+
196	Three Oaks	1,381	144.8	C+
197	Ontwa Township-Edwardsburg	6,821	146.6	C
198	Sandusky	2,679	149.3	C
199	Chelsea	5,335	150.0	C
200	Brownstown Township	32,439	151.1	C
201	Marysville	9,893	151.6	C
202	Clare	3,285	152.2	C
203	Metamora Township	4,515	155.0	C
204	Shelby Township	79,985	160.0	C
205	Mason	8,114	160.2	C
206	Hartford	2,467	162.1	C
207	Grand Blanc	7,876	165.1	C
208	Denton Township	5,430	165.7	C
209	Mackinac Island	595	168.1	C
210	Lawton	1,783	168.3	C
211	St. Johns	7,699	168.9	C
212	Fenton	11,808	169.4	C
213	Beaverton	1,176	170.1	C
214	Charlevoix	2,347	170.4	C
215	Negaunee	4,661	171.6	C
216	Canton Township	97,844	172.7	C
217	Saginaw Township	40,864	173.7	C
218	Fruitport Township	14,911	174.4	C
219	Sebewaing	1,718	174.6	C
220	Madison Township	7,309	177.9	C
221	Wixom	17,120	181.1	C
222	Orchard Lake	2,198	182.0	C
223	Meridian Township	43,912	182.2	C
224	Chikaming Township	2,714	184.2	C
225	Ionia	11,900	184.9	C
226	St. Louis	7,014	185.3	C
227	St. Clair Shores	57,157	185.5	C
228	Davison Township	20,357	186.7	C
229	Sparta	4,279	187.0	C
230	Marquette	21,245	188.3	C
231	Norton Shores	25,001	192.0	C
232	Ishpeming	6,195	193.7	C
233	Fremont	4,620	194.8	D+
234	Lowell	4,089	195.6	D+
235	North Muskegon	4,083	195.9	D+
236	Clawson	11,114	197.9	D+
237	Farmington Hills	82,116	198.5	D+
238	Davison	5,031	198.8	D+
239	Hancock	4,516	199.3	D+
240	Tawas	4,492	200.4	D+
241	Ironwood	4,933	202.7	D+
242	Riverview	11,821	203.0	D+
243	Hazel Park	14,763	203.2	D+
244	Clio	2,455	203.7	D+
245	Ferndale	19,041	204.8	D+
246	Montague	2,411	207.4	D+
247	Grand Haven	10,997	209.1	D+
248	Gerrish Township	2,862	209.6	D+
249	Saline	9,015	210.8	D+
250	Leslie	1,897	210.9	D+
251	Ludington	7,582	211.0	D+
252	Laurium	1,879	212.9	D+
253	Richland	939	213.0	D+
254	Bath Township	13,473	215.2	D+
255	Chocolay Township	6,022	215.9	D+
256	East Lansing	50,472	219.9	D+
257	Scottville	1,357	221.1	D+
258	Clarkston	904	221.2	D+
259	Walker	25,308	221.3	D+
260	Otsego	4,036	223.0	D+
261	Lathrup Village	3,991	225.5	D+
262	Cheboygan	4,873	225.7	D+
263	Durand	3,988	225.7	D+
264	Livonia	91,189	228.1	D+
265	Sterling Heights	133,058	229.2	D+
266	Frankenmuth	5,209	230.4	D+
267	Grand Blanc Township	39,880	233.2	D+
268	Huron Township	16,648	234.3	D+
269	Nashville	1,704	234.7	D+
270	Fraser	14,350	236.9	D+
271	Coldwater	14,672	238.5	D+
272	Allen Park	27,193	239.0	D+
273	Wyandotte	23,778	239.7	D+
274	Buchanan	4,156	240.6	D+
275	Au Gres	828	241.5	D+
276	DeWitt Township	15,433	246.2	D+
277	Wayland	4,421	248.8	D+
278	Constantine	1,968	254.1	D+
279	Elkton	781	256.1	D+
280	Baroda-Lake Township	4,263	258.0	D+
281	Birch Run	1,535	260.6	D+
282	Pittsfield Township	39,244	265.0	D
283	Muskegon Township	17,688	265.7	D
284	Marshall	6,758	266.4	D
285	Roosevelt Park	4,120	267.0	D
286	Plainwell	3,734	267.8	D
287	Thomas Township	11,854	270.0	D
288	Emmett Township	11,743	272.5	D
289	Fowlerville	2,925	273.5	D
290	Sumpter Township	9,449	275.2	D
291	Madison Heights	28,188	276.7	D
292	Portage	49,416	277.2	D
293	Reading	1,082	277.3	D
294	Oscoda Township	7,211	277.4	D
295	Vernon	721	277.4	D
296	Waterford Township	69,066	279.4	D
297	Olivet	1,429	279.9	D
298	Covert Township	2,496	280.4	D
299	Garden City	26,008	280.7	D
300	Blackman Township	39,091	281.4	D
301	Evart	1,774	281.8	D
302	Cass City	2,478	282.5	D
303	Grand Ledge	7,781	282.7	D
304	Lake Orion	2,816	284.1	D
305	Traverse City	15,716	286.3	D
306	Hillsdale	7,986	288.0	D
307	Dearborn	104,571	292.6	D
308	Millington	1,014	295.9	D
309	Lawrence	1,010	297.0	D
310	Melvindale	12,267	301.6	D
311	Ann Arbor	118,025	302.5	D
312	Decatur	1,650	303.0	D
313	Capac	1,960	306.1	D
314	Grant	980	306.1	D
315	Clay Township	8,430	308.4	D
316	Belleville	3,873	309.8	D
317	Flat Rock	10,216	313.2	D
318	Utica	5,090	314.3	D
319	Coleman	1,272	314.5	D
320	Clinton Township	99,056	320.0	D
321	Lexington	930	322.6	D
322	Van Buren Township	29,591	327.8	D
323	Vicksburg	3,964	328.0	D
324	Iron River	3,040	328.9	D
325	Chesaning	2,404	332.8	D
326	Manistee	6,281	334.3	D
327	Colon	1,193	335.3	D
328	Imlay City	3,758	345.9	D
329	Mendon	863	347.6	D
330	White Pigeon	1,723	348.2	D
331	Belding	5,981	351.1	D
332	Augusta	846	354.6	D
333	East Jordan	2,253	355.1	D
334	Escanaba	12,321	357.1	D
335	Grandville	16,900	360.9	D
336	Ubly	831	361.0	D
337	Big Rapids	7,971	363.8	D
338	Bad Axe	2,962	371.4	F
339	Auburn Hills	26,019	372.8	F
340	Marine City	3,999	375.1	F
341	Marlette	1,852	378.0	F
342	Holland	34,604	384.3	F
343	Almont	2,852	385.7	F
344	Hastings	7,509	386.2	F
345	Kentwood	53,891	387.8	F
346	Eaton Rapids	5,150	388.3	F
347	Stockbridge	1,287	388.5	F
348	Hart	2,055	389.3	F
349	Newaygo	2,564	390.0	F
350	Oak Park	28,858	398.5	F
351	Sault Ste. Marie	13,310	405.7	F
352	Cassopolis	1,712	408.9	F
353	Sturgis	10,973	410.1	F
354	Menominee	8,123	418.6	F
355	Center Line	8,297	421.8	F
356	Charlotte	9,226	422.7	F
357	Yale	1,888	423.7	F
358	Mount Pleasant	20,577	427.7	F
359	Coloma Township	6,377	439.1	F
360	Greenville	9,047	442.1	F
361	St. Joseph	7,689	442.2	F
362	Clinton	2,475	444.4	F
363	Southgate	28,702	446.0	F
364	Westland	81,727	449.1	F
365	Bridgeport Township	9,840	457.3	F
366	Dearborn Heights	60,148	458.9	F
367	St. Charles	1,943	463.2	F
368	Cadillac	10,450	468.9	F
369	Paw Paw	3,398	470.9	F
370	Wyoming	77,684	471.1	F
371	Reed City	2,532	473.9	F
372	Niles	11,566	475.5	F
373	Hamtramck	27,014	488.6	F
374	Southfield	75,454	493.0	F
375	Gaylord	4,402	499.8	F
376	Alma	9,329	503.8	F
377	Kalamazoo Township	24,299	510.3	F
378	Alpena	10,108	514.4	F
379	Roseville	46,358	522.0	F
380	Tawas City	1,848	541.1	F
381	Warren	135,843	541.8	F
382	Redford Township	47,067	543.9	F
383	Three Rivers	7,874	546.1	F
384	Watervliet	1,645	547.1	F
385	Mount Morris	3,069	553.9	F
386	Carrollton Township	5,574	556.2	F
387	Owosso	14,543	563.8	F
388	Bay City	31,908	564.1	F
389	Mattawan	2,827	566.0	F
390	Croswell	2,291	567.4	F
391	Adrian	20,113	571.8	F
392	Lakeview	1,040	576.9	F
393	Mackinaw City	847	590.3	F
394	Port Huron	28,204	602.8	F
395	Brown City	1,301	614.9	F
396	Caro	4,255	634.5	F
397	Gladwin	3,134	638.2	F
398	Ypsilanti	19,021	657.2	F
399	Lansing Township	7,947	666.9	F
400	South Haven	4,013	672.8	F
401	Genesee Township	20,199	678.3	F
402	Lincoln Park	38,169	678.6	F
403	Dowagiac	5,660	689.0	F
404	Wayne	16,891	692.7	F
405	Eastpointe	33,492	719.6	F
406	Muskegon	38,188	738.5	F
407	Burton	29,280	765.0	F
408	Harper Woods	14,717	774.6	F
409	Taylor	60,602	838.3	F
410	Romulus	24,567	879.2	F
411	Grand Rapids	195,913	910.1	F
412	Flint Township	30,751	930.1	F
413	Mount Morris Township	19,494	959.3	F
414	Pontiac	61,644	984.7	F
415	Jackson	30,704	1061.8	F
416	Inkster	24,751	1074.7	F
417	Battle Creek	61,163	1121.6	F
418	Bangor	1,966	1220.8	F
419	Flint	79,183	1257.8	F
420	Kalamazoo	73,002	1283.5	F
421	Albion	7,212	1317.2	F
422	Ecorse	9,087	1320.6	F
423	Manistique	2,868	1325.0	F
424	Lansing	111,965	1345.1	F
425	Buena Vista Township	7,485	1376.1	F
426	Muskegon Heights	9,944	1709.6	F
427	Detroit	651,171	1781.3	F
428	Benton Harbor	8,804	1874.1	F
429	Benton Township	14,040	1880.3	F
430	Vassar	2,688	1971.7	F
431	Saginaw	42,880	2201.5	F
432	Highland Park	8,280	3019.3	F

Crime Composition in Michigan

How violent crime breaks down across cities reporting data in Michigan.

Agg. Assault: 80.5%

Robbery: 8.4%

Rape: 10.0%

Murder: 1.1%

State violent crime rate: 434.3/100K vs national average: 359.1/100K (21% above national average)

About This Data

Crime rates are from the FBI's 2024 Uniform Crime Report, the most recent data available. Rates are per 100,000 residents. Safety grades are based on national percentile ranking — an "A" means the city is safer than 80%+ of all US cities in our database.

Not all cities report to the FBI. Small agencies may have incomplete data. Always consider multiple years of data before drawing conclusions about a city's safety.

→ Most Dangerous Cities in Michigan → Michigan Crime Overview → Safest Cities in America → National Rankings → Safety Score Calculator

National demographic context: Crime and safety vary across racial and ethnic groups. Per-city demographic data is not published by the FBI, but national patterns show significant disparities. Full demographics | Racial disparities

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