Crime Grade · Michigan

Most Dangerous Cities in Michigan

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

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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.