Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Detroit, MI Crime Grade
How Detroit 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
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Michigan
10/10
vs. Michigan cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Detroit, MI was 1649.1 per 100,000 residents (10,590 incidents over a population of 642,155). That puts Detroit Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 290% above the Michigan statewide rate of 422.8.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Detroit (red), Michigan (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Detroit 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 | 2151.7(14,496) | 2025.0(12,692) | 2050.8(12,623) | 1782.9(11,610) | 1649.1(10,590) |
| Murder | 45.4(306) | 49.0(307) | 40.6(250) | 31.2(203) | 25.7(165) |
| Rape | 122.9(828) | 113.4(711) | 110.5(680) | 96.3(627) | 84.2(541) |
| Robbery | 224.1(1,510) | 223.1(1,398) | 226.0(1,391) | 183.8(1,197) | 145.6(935) |
| Aggravated assault | 1759.2(11,852) | 1639.6(10,276) | 1673.8(10,302) | 1471.7(9,583) | 1393.6(8,949) |
| Property crime | 3441.8(23,188) | 4557.6(28,565) | 4843.0(29,809) | 4390.9(28,592) | 3940.2(25,302) |
| Burglary | 616.7(4,155) | 770.6(4,830) | 762.1(4,691) | 708.3(4,612) | 630.2(4,047) |
| Larceny | 1744.5(11,753) | 2208.2(13,840) | 2507.9(15,436) | 2361.6(15,378) | 2280.9(14,647) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 1000.1(6,738) | 1508.4(9,454) | 1495.0(9,202) | 1259.3(8,200) | 971.1(6,236) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Detroit's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Michigan cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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