Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Dearborn, MI Crime Grade
How Dearborn grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Michigan — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
7/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Michigan
6/10
vs. Michigan cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Dearborn, MI was 249.1 per 100,000 residents (263 incidents over a population of 105,599). That puts Dearborn Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 41% below the Michigan statewide rate of 422.8.
That ranks Dearborn #2,369 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 37% of them, and #73 of 138 in Michigan. Violent crime is down 16% year over year and down 34% over the last five years.
Dearborn, MI crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Michigan Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 249.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,369 of 3,771
- MI rank
- #73 of 138
- Safer than
- 37% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 16%
- 5-year change
- down 34%
- Population
- 105,599
- Reporting agency
- Dearborn Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Dearborn Police Department (FBI ORI MI8234300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Dearborn, MI
Also known as
- Dearbornville
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Dearborn (red), Michigan (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Dearborn vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 375.6(349) | 281.7(302) | 301.6(322) | 295.5(309) | 249.1(263) |
| Murder | 4.3(4) | 1.9(2) | 1.9(2) | 1.0(1) | 1.9(2) |
| Rape | 29.1(27) | 28.0(30) | 23.4(25) | 26.8(28) | 19.9(21) |
| Robbery | 48.4(45) | 48.5(52) | 47.8(51) | 35.4(37) | 26.5(28) |
| Aggravated assault | 293.8(273) | 203.4(218) | 228.6(244) | 232.4(243) | 200.8(212) |
| Property crime | 1898.2(1,764) | 1945.9(2,086) | 2173.4(2,320) | 2030.2(2,123) | 1727.3(1,824) |
| Burglary | 153.9(143) | 141.8(152) | 173.3(185) | 114.8(120) | 72.9(77) |
| Larceny | 1425.8(1,325) | 1376.9(1,476) | 1406.1(1,501) | 1431.6(1,497) | 1384.5(1,462) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 312.1(290) | 417.0(447) | 584.6(624) | 468.6(490) | 266.1(281) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Dearborn, MI Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Dearborn Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Dearborn calculated?
- Dearborn's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Michigan state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Michigan cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Dearborn Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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