Michigan Crime Rates & City Safety Scores
Population-adjusted FBI reporting rates; see the city profiles below.
Key facts
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Michigan displays a 63.17-point adjusted-score range in its 2025 source-year cohort: Sterling Heights, Michigan at 68.15 points out of 100 versus Detroit, Michigan at 4.98.
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Michigan displays 6 jurisdiction profiles from a scoring run containing 348 reportable jurisdictions in its 2025 source-year directory; 6 displayed profiles have scores.
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Michigan has 2 displayed jurisdictions with decreasing reported trajectories versus 1 increasing and 3 stable, comparing weighted 2024 reporting with 2025.
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Detroit, Michigan has a reporting population of 636,644 residents versus 112,546 in Lansing, Michigan, in the 2025 source-year displayed cohort.
Quick answer
In the Safety Atlas 2026 public safety index, the highest-scoring city in Michigan is Sterling Heights with an adjusted safety score of 68.15 out of 100, ranked across 6 tracked jurisdictions using 2025 FBI reporting.
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Michigan city safety rankings
Ranked by adjusted Safety Atlas score. The table lists the 6 most populous jurisdictions in this directory; each rank is calculated within this displayed 6-jurisdiction cohort.
| City / Jurisdiction | Cohort Rank | Population | Safety Score | Overall Trend | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sterling Heights | #1 of 6 | 133,473 | 68.15 | → Stable | View Report → |
| Ann Arbor | #2 of 6 | 121,179 | 61.81 | ↑ Increasing | View Report → |
| Warren | #3 of 6 | 138,128 | 40.52 | → Stable | View Report → |
| Grand Rapids | #4 of 6 | 197,768 | 29.13 | ↓ Decreasing | View Report → |
| Lansing | #5 of 6 | 112,546 | 24.87 | ↓ Decreasing | View Report → |
| Detroit | #6 of 6 | 636,644 | 4.98 | → Stable | View Report → |
* Trajectory trends compare weighted year-over-year reporting from 2024 to 2025. Scores describe relative reported rates, not personal risk. Cohort rank covers only the 6 jurisdictions listed above.
Michigan in 7 numbers
- Every major offense fell in 2025. Motor vehicle theft -23% (39,714 to 30,759), burglary -19%, robbery -15%, homicide -13%, larceny-theft -5%, aggravated assault -3%.
- Almost half of all reports are property crime. 242,699 of 615,552 reports (39.4%); larceny-theft alone is 142,936 (23.2%).
- Clearances skew toward violent crime. 66% of homicides cleared vs 10% of motor vehicle thefts and 17% of larcenies (2025, reports cleared divided by reports received, reporting agencies only).
- Homicides fell by nearly a fifth. 819 reports in 2025 vs 941 in 2024 (-13%) across reporting agencies.
- The biggest volume is not violent. Simple assault (145,310) alone outweighs the entire personal-safety total (69,363, 11.3% of reports).
- Watch the monthly shape. Larceny-theft peaked in Aug (14,448) and troughed in Feb (9,100), a 1.6× swing inside a single year.
- These are reporting-agency sums. 214 of 525 agencies reported motor vehicle theft in December 2025 (vs 220 in January); totals reflect who reported, not a census of crime.
Takeaways are computed from summed FBI CDE reported counts (source year 2025, 525 agencies in file). They describe reported data, not forecasts; check the methodology and coverage notes before reuse.
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Michigan monthly trend: reporting-agency sums through December 2025
Annual totals hide timing. The bars below show 2025 reported counts per month summed across reporting agencies for three indicator offenses. Counts only; there is no honest monthly denominator at this grain, so no rates are shown.
Simple assault, month by month
→ Stable, 145310 reports vs 146134 in 2024 (about level in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 10,664 | 176 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 9,651 | 175 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 12,076 | 177 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 12,154 | 174 | Full |
| May 2025 | 13,571 | 174 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 12,908 | 176 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 13,075 | 178 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 13,135 | 175 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 12,743 | 176 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 12,690 | 175 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 11,883 | 172 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 10,760 | 172 | Full |
Larceny-theft, month by month
→ Stable, 142936 reports vs 151007 in 2024 (about level in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 10,481 | 223 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 9,100 | 222 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 10,713 | 224 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 10,999 | 221 | Full |
| May 2025 | 12,684 | 221 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 12,949 | 221 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 13,806 | 224 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 14,448 | 221 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 13,034 | 222 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 12,926 | 221 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 11,074 | 217 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 10,722 | 218 | Full |
Vandalism, month by month
↓ Decreasing, 63497 reports vs 71212 in 2024 (down 11% in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 4,323 | 189 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 3,586 | 188 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 5,177 | 190 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 5,278 | 187 | Full |
| May 2025 | 6,128 | 187 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 6,392 | 188 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 6,505 | 191 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 6,003 | 188 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 5,608 | 189 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 5,549 | 188 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 4,974 | 185 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 3,974 | 185 | Full |
Clearances: what got cleared in 2025
66% of homicides cleared vs 10% of motor vehicle thefts, clearance follows violent crime, not volume.
| Offense | Reported | Cleared | Clearance rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 819 | 538 | 65.7% |
| Aggravated Assault | 54,969 | 31,851 | 57.9% |
| Robbery | 4,714 | 1,653 | 35.1% |
| Burglary | 25,033 | 4,950 | 19.8% |
| Larceny-theft | 142,936 | 24,265 | 17.0% |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 30,759 | 3,206 | 10.4% |
Clearances ÷ reports received; clearances may concern earlier reports, so this is not a solve rate.
Monthly counts summed over reporting agencies, FBI CDE source year 2025. A hyphen (-) means not reported, not zero. Totals reflect who reported, not a census of crime.
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Michigan city reports
- Sterling Heights safety report: #1 of 6, population 133,473, score 68.15, and the displayed trajectory is → Stable.
- Ann Arbor safety report: #2 of 6, population 121,179, score 61.81, and the displayed trajectory is ↑ Increasing.
- Warren safety report: #3 of 6, population 138,128, score 40.52, and the displayed trajectory is → Stable.
- Grand Rapids safety report: #4 of 6, population 197,768, score 29.13, and the displayed trajectory is ↓ Decreasing.
- Lansing safety report: #5 of 6, population 112,546, score 24.87, and the displayed trajectory is ↓ Decreasing.
- Detroit safety report: #6 of 6, population 636,644, score 4.98, and the displayed trajectory is → Stable.
Reading the comparison
Scores compare reported rates; they do not predict personal risk. Methodology · Coverage
Monthly count comparisons
Michigan reporting agencies recorded 13,571 simple assault offenses in May 2025 versus 9,651 in Feb 2025, a difference of 3,920 reports; 174 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 175 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 145,310 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
Michigan reporting agencies recorded 14,448 larceny-theft offenses in Aug 2025 versus 9,100 in Feb 2025, a difference of 5,348 reports; 221 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 222 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 142,936 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
Michigan reporting agencies recorded 6,505 vandalism offenses in Jul 2025 versus 3,586 in Feb 2025, a difference of 2,919 reports; 191 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 188 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 63,497 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
Michigan reporting agencies recorded 538 cleared homicide offenses against 819 reports received in 2025 (65.7%), compared with 3,206 cleared motor vehicle theft offenses against 30,759 reports (10.4%), a 55.3-percentage-point difference between the displayed clearance ratios; clearances can concern earlier reports.
Detroit, Michigan records 4.98 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 33.26 points below the displayed scored-cohort mean of 38.24; its reporting population of 636,644 residents accounts for 47.5% of the 1,339,738 residents summed across the 6 displayed jurisdiction populations.
Sterling Heights, Michigan records 68.15 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 29.91 points above the displayed scored-cohort mean of 38.24; its reporting population of 133,473 residents accounts for 10.0% of the 1,339,738 residents summed across the 6 displayed jurisdiction populations.
Ann Arbor, Michigan records 61.81 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 23.57 points above the displayed scored-cohort mean of 38.24; its reporting population of 121,179 residents accounts for 9.0% of the 1,339,738 residents summed across the 6 displayed jurisdiction populations.
Michigan reporting-agency sums contain 142,936 larceny-theft reports in 2025 versus 151,007 in 2024, 8,071 reports (5.3%) fewer across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 217 to 227 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
Michigan reporting-agency sums contain 145,310 simple assault reports in 2025 versus 146,134 in 2024, 824 reports (0.6%) fewer across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 172 to 180 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
Michigan reporting-agency sums contain 63,497 vandalism reports in 2025 versus 71,212 in 2024, 7,715 reports (10.8%) fewer across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 185 to 193 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
How to read the Michigan directory
The scoring run contains 348 reportable jurisdictions in Michigan. This public directory displays the 6 most populous jurisdictions in the current scored comparison set, and each displayed city's rank is calculated within this displayed 6-jurisdiction cohort.
Within the displayed cohort, Sterling Heights has the highest adjusted score at 68.15, and Detroit has the lowest at 4.98. The public-cohort range is 63.17 points; use the offense-rate tables on each city profile to understand that spread.
Current trajectories in the displayed cohort: 2 decreasing, 3 stable, and 1 increasing. Trends compare weighted 2024 and 2025 reporting and do not forecast future incidents.
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