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12 months through September 2026

Most Dangerous Cities in Wayne County

41 cities and townships in Wayne County with their own police department, ranked on violent crime per 1,000 residents for the 12 months through September 2026, highest first. Property crime breaks a tie.

41 ranked

  1. 1 Highland Park 25.6 violent / 1,000
  2. 2 Detroit 15.6 violent / 1,000
  3. 3 Ecorse 11.9 violent / 1,000
  4. 4 Inkster 10.0 violent / 1,000
  5. 5 Romulus 7.1 violent / 1,000
  6. 6 Harper Woods 6.9 violent / 1,000
  7. 7 Taylor 6.8 violent / 1,000
  8. 8 Lincoln Park 6.4 violent / 1,000
  9. 9 Wayne 6.2 violent / 1,000
  10. 10 Redford 5.8 violent / 1,000
  11. 11 Hamtramck 5.5 violent / 1,000
  12. 12 Westland 4.5 violent / 1,000
  13. 13 Dearborn Heights 4.4 violent / 1,000
  14. 14 Melvindale 4.1 violent / 1,000
  15. 15 Southgate 3.5 violent / 1,000
  16. 16 Flat Rock 3.3 violent / 1,000
  17. 17 Van Buren Township 3.0 violent / 1,000
  18. 18 Dearborn 3.0 violent / 1,000
  19. 19 Gibraltar 2.9 violent / 1,000
  20. 20 Garden City 2.8 violent / 1,000
  21. 21 Sumpter Township 2.6 violent / 1,000
  22. 22 Huron Township 2.2 violent / 1,000
  23. 23 Wyandotte 2.1 violent / 1,000
  24. 24 Allen Park 2.0 violent / 1,000
  25. 25 Livonia 1.8 violent / 1,000
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  1. 26 Woodhaven 1.8 violent / 1,000
  2. 27 Brownstown Township 1.7 violent / 1,000
  3. 28 Canton 1.6 violent / 1,000
  4. 29 Riverview 1.6 violent / 1,000
  5. 30 Grosse Pointe Woods 1.6 violent / 1,000
  6. 31 Plymouth 1.4 violent / 1,000
  7. 32 Northville 1.2 violent / 1,000
  8. 33 Grosse Pointe 0.9 violent / 1,000
  9. 34 Belleville 0.8 violent / 1,000
  10. 35 Plymouth Township 0.6 violent / 1,000
  11. 36 Trenton 0.6 violent / 1,000
  12. 37 Northville Township 0.5 violent / 1,000
  13. 38 Grosse Ile Township 0.5 violent / 1,000
  14. 39 Rockwood 0.3 violent / 1,000
  15. 40 Grosse Pointe Park 0.3 violent / 1,000
  16. 41 Grosse Pointe Farms 0.2 violent / 1,000

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What is the most dangerous city in Wayne County?
Highland Park: 25.6 violent crimes per 1,000 residents in the 12 months through September 2026, from 211 reported by the Highland Park 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.