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12 months through September 2026

Safest Cities in Metro Detroit

118 cities and townships across the six counties with their own police department, ranked on violent crime per 1,000 residents for the 12 months through September 2026, lowest first. Property crime breaks a tie.

118 ranked

  1. 1 Lapeer Township 0.0 violent / 1,000
  2. 2 Franklin 0.0 violent / 1,000
  3. 3 Grosse Pointe Shores 0.0 violent / 1,000
  4. 4 Huntington Woods 0.2 violent / 1,000
  5. 5 Grosse Pointe Farms 0.2 violent / 1,000
  6. 6 Romeo 0.3 violent / 1,000
  7. 7 Grosse Pointe Park 0.3 violent / 1,000
  8. 8 Rockwood 0.3 violent / 1,000
  9. 9 South Lyon 0.3 violent / 1,000
  10. 10 New Baltimore 0.3 violent / 1,000
  11. 11 Farmington 0.4 violent / 1,000
  12. 12 Rochester 0.5 violent / 1,000
  13. 13 Addison Township 0.5 violent / 1,000
  14. 14 Beverly Hills 0.5 violent / 1,000
  15. 15 Hamburg Township 0.5 violent / 1,000
  16. 16 Grosse Ile Township 0.5 violent / 1,000
  17. 17 Northville Township 0.5 violent / 1,000
  18. 18 Commerce 0.5 violent / 1,000
  19. 19 Richmond 0.5 violent / 1,000
  20. 20 Oakland Township 0.5 violent / 1,000
  21. 21 Springfield Township 0.5 violent / 1,000
  22. 22 Independence Township 0.5 violent / 1,000
  23. 23 Orion Township 0.6 violent / 1,000
  24. 24 Lyon Township 0.6 violent / 1,000
  25. 25 Milford 0.6 violent / 1,000
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  1. 26 Trenton 0.6 violent / 1,000
  2. 27 Bloomfield Township 0.6 violent / 1,000
  3. 28 Dryden Township 0.6 violent / 1,000
  4. 29 Plymouth Township 0.6 violent / 1,000
  5. 30 Berkley 0.6 violent / 1,000
  6. 31 Wolverine Lake 0.7 violent / 1,000
  7. 32 Birmingham 0.7 violent / 1,000
  8. 33 Rochester Hills 0.7 violent / 1,000
  9. 34 White Lake 0.7 violent / 1,000
  10. 35 Belleville 0.8 violent / 1,000
  11. 36 Highland Township 0.8 violent / 1,000
  12. 37 Holly 0.8 violent / 1,000
  13. 38 Green Oak Township 0.9 violent / 1,000
  14. 39 Bloomfield Hills 0.9 violent / 1,000
  15. 40 Wixom 0.9 violent / 1,000
  16. 41 Grosse Pointe 0.9 violent / 1,000
  17. 42 Unadilla Township 0.9 violent / 1,000
  18. 43 Walled Lake 0.9 violent / 1,000
  19. 44 Brighton 1.0 violent / 1,000
  20. 45 Troy 1.0 violent / 1,000
  21. 46 Fowlerville 1.0 violent / 1,000
  22. 47 Lake Orion 1.0 violent / 1,000
  23. 48 Clawson 1.0 violent / 1,000
  24. 49 Metamora Township 1.1 violent / 1,000
  25. 50 Oxford 1.1 violent / 1,000
  26. 51 Novi 1.1 violent / 1,000
  27. 52 West Bloomfield 1.2 violent / 1,000
  28. 53 Northville 1.2 violent / 1,000
  29. 54 Marysville 1.2 violent / 1,000
  30. 55 Royal Oak 1.3 violent / 1,000
  31. 56 Chesterfield 1.4 violent / 1,000
  32. 57 Plymouth 1.4 violent / 1,000
  33. 58 Farmington Hills 1.5 violent / 1,000
  34. 59 Lathrup Village 1.5 violent / 1,000
  35. 60 Pleasant Ridge 1.5 violent / 1,000
  36. 61 Ferndale 1.5 violent / 1,000
  37. 62 Grosse Pointe Woods 1.6 violent / 1,000
  38. 63 Riverview 1.6 violent / 1,000
  39. 64 Canton 1.6 violent / 1,000
  40. 65 Howell 1.6 violent / 1,000
  41. 66 Brandon Township 1.6 violent / 1,000
  42. 67 Brownstown Township 1.7 violent / 1,000
  43. 68 Shelby Township 1.7 violent / 1,000
  44. 69 Almont 1.8 violent / 1,000
  45. 70 Woodhaven 1.8 violent / 1,000
  46. 71 Livonia 1.8 violent / 1,000
  47. 72 ST Clair Shores 2.0 violent / 1,000
  48. 73 Allen Park 2.0 violent / 1,000
  49. 74 Marine City 2.0 violent / 1,000
  50. 75 Wyandotte 2.1 violent / 1,000
  51. 76 Huron Township 2.2 violent / 1,000
  52. 77 Waterford 2.2 violent / 1,000
  53. 78 Sterling Heights 2.2 violent / 1,000
  54. 79 Clinton Township 2.3 violent / 1,000
  55. 80 Fenton 2.3 violent / 1,000
  56. 81 Fraser 2.4 violent / 1,000
  57. 82 ST Clair 2.5 violent / 1,000
  58. 83 Madison Heights 2.6 violent / 1,000
  59. 84 Sumpter Township 2.6 violent / 1,000
  60. 85 Garden City 2.8 violent / 1,000
  61. 86 Keego Harbor 2.9 violent / 1,000
  62. 87 Hazel Park 2.9 violent / 1,000
  63. 88 Gibraltar 2.9 violent / 1,000
  64. 89 Dearborn 3.0 violent / 1,000
  65. 90 Van Buren Township 3.0 violent / 1,000
  66. 91 Oak Park 3.1 violent / 1,000
  67. 92 Center Line 3.3 violent / 1,000
  68. 93 Auburn Hills 3.3 violent / 1,000
  69. 94 Flat Rock 3.3 violent / 1,000
  70. 95 Imlay City 3.4 violent / 1,000
  71. 96 Lapeer 3.5 violent / 1,000
  72. 97 Southgate 3.5 violent / 1,000
  73. 98 Utica 3.5 violent / 1,000
  74. 99 Melvindale 4.1 violent / 1,000
  75. 100 Roseville 4.3 violent / 1,000
  76. 101 Dearborn Heights 4.4 violent / 1,000
  77. 102 Westland 4.5 violent / 1,000
  78. 103 Warren 5.2 violent / 1,000
  79. 104 Southfield 5.4 violent / 1,000
  80. 105 Hamtramck 5.5 violent / 1,000
  81. 106 Redford 5.8 violent / 1,000
  82. 107 Wayne 6.2 violent / 1,000
  83. 108 Lincoln Park 6.4 violent / 1,000
  84. 109 Taylor 6.8 violent / 1,000
  85. 110 Harper Woods 6.9 violent / 1,000
  86. 111 Port Huron 7.0 violent / 1,000
  87. 112 Romulus 7.1 violent / 1,000
  88. 113 Eastpointe 7.6 violent / 1,000
  89. 114 Pontiac 8.5 violent / 1,000
  90. 115 Inkster 10.0 violent / 1,000
  91. 116 Ecorse 11.9 violent / 1,000
  92. 117 Detroit 15.6 violent / 1,000
  93. 118 Highland Park 25.6 violent / 1,000

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What is the safest city in Metro Detroit?
Lapeer Township: 0.0 violent crimes per 1,000 residents in the 12 months through September 2026, from 0 reported by the Lapeer Township Police Department.
How are these cities ranked?
On violent crime (homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault) per 1,000 people the police department serves, then property crime. Towns with fewer than 2,500 people, or fewer than 10 months reported, are left out.
Why is my town missing?
Towns patrolled by the county sheriff or the State Police do not report their own numbers to the FBI, so they cannot be ranked by town.
Where do the numbers come from?
Each police department's monthly reports to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program, filed through the Michigan State Police. Updated monthly.

Source: each police department's reports to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting program (Crime Data Explorer). Reports, not convictions.