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?

390 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 390 cities reporting crime data, with a statewide violent crime rate of 434.3 per 100K.

390

Cities Tracked

0.0

Safest City Rate

187.0

Median City Rate

3019.3

Highest Rate

Top 25 Safest Cities in Michigan

#	City	Population	Property Rate	Grade
1	Addison Township	6,218	32.2	A+
2	Lapeer Township	4,970	80.5	A+
3	Somerset Township	4,585	763.4	A+
4	Ishpeming Township	3,449	87.0	A+
5	Saugatuck-Douglas	2,301	434.6	A+
6	Morenci	2,206	453.3	A+
7	Perry	2,145	326.3	A+
8	Springport Township	2,119	424.7	A+
9	Crystal Falls	1,616	123.8	A+
10	Shepherd	1,505	664.5	A+
11	Laingsburg	1,409	567.8	A+
12	Litchfield	1,381	434.5	A+
13	Frankfort	1,281	780.6	A+
14	Breckenridge	1,259	1191.4	A+
15	Pigeon	1,192	0.0	A+
16	Fair Haven Township	1,087	552.0	A+
17	Lake Linden	1,019	294.4	A+
18	Morrice	999	0.0	A+
19	Mayville	904	221.2	A+
20	Pentwater	902	665.2	A+
21	Otisville	804	248.8	A+
22	Port Austin	652	920.2	A
23	Caseville	641	468.0	A
24	Peck	597	167.5	A
25	New Lothrop	581	860.6	A

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	Vassar	2,688	1971.7	0.0	F
4	Benton Township	14,040	1880.3	21.4	F
5	Benton Harbor	8,804	1874.1	0.0	F
6	Detroit	651,171	1781.3	31.2	F
7	Buena Vista Township	7,485	1376.1	13.4	F
8	Lansing	111,965	1345.1	9.8	F
9	Manistique	2,868	1325.0	0.0	F
10	Ecorse	9,087	1320.6	0.0	F
11	Albion	7,212	1317.2	0.0	F
12	Kalamazoo	73,002	1283.5	13.7	F
13	Flint	79,183	1257.8	25.3	F
14	Bangor	1,966	1220.8	0.0	F
15	Battle Creek	61,163	1121.6	8.2	F

All 390 Cities in Michigan

Complete list ranked from safest to most dangerous.

Show all 390 cities

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

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.

→ 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

Share:𝕏 Facebook LinkedIn