Ranking of Michigan Cities By Number of Violent Crimes in 2021

Updated on January 9, 2025.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2021, the Michigan city with the highest number of Violent Crimes was Detroit (14,509), followed by Grand Rapids (1,929), Lansing (1,757), Kalamazoo (1,211), and Saginaw (1,080).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high number of Violent crimes in 2021, and the table below shows the ranking of Michigan cities with high number of Violent crimes.

You can see similar rankings of cities for other crime types in Michigan, and the ranking of all cities in the US.

Hover over or click on the bars in the chart below, to see the number of Violent crimes for each city. The data can also be found in a table below. You can use the table to sort, filter, and explore the data further.

You can also see this information for other states.

You can also find the rate of violent and property crimes for Michigan cities.

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Related Topics: Michigan FBI UCR 2021 Topic List.

Data Source: FBI UCR.

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Ranking of Michigan Cities By Number of Violent Crimes in 2021

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Rank	City	Number of Crimes
1	Detroit	14509
2	Grand Rapids	1929
3	Lansing	1757
4	Kalamazoo	1211
5	Saginaw	1080
6	Flint	982
7	Warren	716
8	Pontiac	712
9	Battle Creek	614
10	Wyoming	419
11	Southfield	365
12	Inkster	362
13	Jackson	353
14	Clinton Township	352
15	Dearborn	350
16	Westland	348
17	Ann Arbor	345
18	Taylor	324
19	Ypsilanti	323
20	Flint Township	320
21	Redford Township	309
22	Benton Township	307
23	Dearborn Heights	299
24	Muskegon	278
25	Lincoln Park	269
26	Roseville	255
27	Bay City	241
28	Benton Harbor	240
28	Sterling Heights	240
29	Eastpointe	239
30	Livonia	227
31	Port Huron	225
32	Highland Park	220
33	Romulus	214
34	Hamtramck	213
35	Burton	208
36	Canton Township	202
37	Kentwood	180
38	Mount Morris Township	174
39	Muskegon Heights	166
40	Kalamazoo Township	165
41	Waterford Township	152
42	Wayne	146
43	Blackman Township	141
44	Harper Woods	136
45	Ecorse	135
46	Portage	134
47	Holland	132
48	Adrian	131
49	East Lansing	119
49	Farmington Hills	119
50	Melvindale	114
51	Shelby Township	113
52	Auburn Hills	111
53	Genesee Township	109
54	St. Clair Shores	104
55	Southgate	103
56	Owosso	102
57	Pittsfield Township	100
58	Troy	98
59	Van Buren Township	94
60	Madison Heights	88
61	Oak Park	87
62	Wyandotte	86
63	Saginaw Township	84
64	Brownstown Township	83
65	Buena Vista Township	76
65	Meridian Township	76
66	Garden City	74
67	Three Rivers	73
68	Grand Blanc Township	71
69	West Bloomfield Township	70
70	Niles	69
71	Albion	67
72	Chesterfield Township	65
73	Traverse City	63
74	Royal Oak	60
75	Coldwater	59
76	Lansing Township	55
77	Bridgeport Township	54
78	Grandville	53
78	Midland	53
79	Muskegon Township	50
80	Mount Pleasant	49
81	Novi	48
82	Allen Park	47
82	Hazel Park	47
83	Norton Shores	46
84	Escanaba	45
84	Rochester Hills	45
85	Metro Police Authority of Genesee County	41
86	Alpena	40
86	Dowagiac	40
86	Emmett Township	40
86	Sturgis	40
87	Alma	38
87	Charlotte	38
87	Fraser	38
87	Walker	38
88	Huron Township	36
89	Menominee	35
89	Wixom	35
90	Davison Township	33
90	DeWitt Township	33
90	Greenville	33
91	Gaylord	32
91	Hastings	32
91	Sault Ste. Marie	32
92	Carrollton Township	31
92	Clay Township	31
92	Marquette	31
93	Eaton Rapids	30
93	Northville Township	30
94	Commerce Township	28
94	Oscoda Township	28
95	Ferndale	27
95	Flat Rock	27
95	Ionia	27
95	St. Joseph Township	27
96	South Haven	26
97	Bloomfield Township	25
97	Cadillac	25
97	Thomas Township	25
98	Fruitport Township	24
98	Imlay City	24
98	Ishpeming	24
98	Riverview	24
99	Grand Haven	23
99	Independence Township	23
99	Ludington	23
99	Oxford Township	23
100	Hillsdale	22
100	Plymouth Township	22
101	Caro	21
101	Center Line	21
101	Coloma Township	21
101	Dryden Township	21
101	Orion Township	21
101	Woodhaven	21
102	Forsyth Township	20
102	Zeeland	20
103	Bath Township	19
103	Lapeer	19
103	White Lake Township	19
104	Bangor	18
104	Hartford	18
104	Madison Township	18
104	Mount Morris	18
104	St. Joseph	18
105	Columbia Township	17
105	Flushing Township	17
105	Hampton Township	17
105	Highland Township	17
105	Mason	17
106	Belleville	16
106	Buchanan	16
106	Chesaning	16
106	Lyon Township	16
106	Manistee	16
106	Milan	16
106	New Baltimore	16
106	Ontwa Township-Edwardsburg	16
106	Reed City	16
106	St. Johns	16
106	Sumpter Township	16
107	Belding	15
107	Lincoln Township	15
107	Mattawan	15
108	Big Rapids	14
108	Decatur	14
108	Keego Harbor	14
108	Lowell	14
108	Manistique	14
108	Marysville	14
108	Petoskey	14
108	Trenton	14
108	Utica	14
108	Yale	14
109	Brandon Township	13
109	Constantine	13
109	Fenton	13
109	Grand Blanc	13
109	Grosse Pointe Woods	13
109	Richfield Township, Genesee County	13
109	Richmond	13
110	Almont	12
110	Berrien Springs-Oronoko Township	12
110	Clawson	12
110	Clayton Township	12
110	Clio	12
110	Howell	12
110	Paw Paw	12
110	Portland	12
111	Chocolay Township	11
111	Richland Township, Saginaw County	11
111	Tecumseh	11
111	Vassar	11
112	Cheboygan	10
112	Croswell	10
112	Flushing	10
112	Gladwin	10
112	Grosse Pointe	10
112	Mackinaw City	10
112	Northfield Township	10
112	Rockford	10
112	Saline	10
112	Wayland	10
113	Birmingham	9
113	Brighton	9
113	Capac	9
113	Cass City	9
113	Covert Township	9
113	East Grand Rapids	9
113	Hudson	9
113	Marshall	9
113	Northville	9
113	Otsego	9
113	Rochester	9
113	St. Clair	9
113	Tittabawassee Township	9
114	Armada	8
114	Boyne City	8
114	Bronson	8
114	Fowlerville	8
114	Holly	8
114	Iron River	8
114	Marlette	8
114	Milford	8
114	Montrose Township	8
114	Oakland Township	8
114	Raisin Township	8
114	Shelby	8
114	Springfield Township	8
114	Whitehall	8
114	Williamston	8
115	Beverly Hills	7
115	Chikaming Township	7
115	Clare	7
115	Corunna	7
115	Farmington	7
115	Gibraltar	7
115	Hamburg Township	7
115	Hancock	7
115	Harbor Beach	7
115	South Lyon	7
115	Vicksburg	7
116	Charlevoix	6
116	Clinton	6
116	Denton Township	6
116	Hart	6
116	Metamora Township	6
116	Plainwell	6
116	St. Louis	6
116	Watervliet	6
117	Barry Township	5
117	Berkley	5
117	Chelsea	5
117	DeWitt	5
117	Durand	5
117	Evart	5
117	Frankfort	5
117	Grayling	5
117	Grosse Pointe Park	5
117	Lake Orion	5
117	Lathrup Village	5
117	Laurium	5
117	Linden	5
117	Mackinac Island	5
117	Marine City	5
117	Orchard Lake	5
117	Plymouth	5
117	Quincy	5
117	River Rouge	5
117	Sandusky	5
117	Somerset Township	5
117	Springport Township	5
117	Tawas City	5
117	Unadilla Township	5
117	West Branch	5
117	Wolverine Lake	5
118	Allegan	4
118	Davison	4
118	Essexville	4
118	Fennville	4
118	Gerrish Township	4
118	Grand Ledge	4
118	Green Oak Township	4
118	Grosse Pointe Farms	4
118	Kalkaska	4
118	Lakeview	4
118	Leslie	4
118	Millington	4
118	Nashville	4
118	North Muskegon	4
118	Pinckney	4
118	Rogers City	4
118	Sparta	4
118	Spring Arbor Township	4
118	St. Charles	4
118	St. Ignace	4
118	Union City	4
119	Adrian Township	3
119	Bad Axe	3
119	Baroda-Lake Township	3
119	Beaverton	3
119	Blissfield	3
119	Bloomfield Hills	3
119	Bridgman	3
119	Colon	3
119	Frankenmuth	3
119	Franklin	3
119	Ironwood	3
119	Jonesville	3
119	Lawton	3
119	Munising	3
119	Napoleon Township	3
119	Newaygo	3
119	Pleasant Ridge	3
119	Romeo	3
119	Roosevelt Park	3
119	Three Oaks	3
119	Ubly	3
119	Walled Lake	3
119	White Pigeon	3
120	Akron	2
120	Au Gres	2
120	Augusta	2
120	Birch Run	2
120	Brown City	2
120	Cambridge Township	2
120	Caspian-Gaastra	2
120	Lexington	2
120	Mayville	2
120	Memphis	2
120	Mendon	2
120	Negaunee	2
120	Ovid	2
120	Oxford	2
120	Perry	2
120	Prairieville Township	2
120	Reese	2
120	Schoolcraft	2
120	Stockbridge	2
120	Sylvan Lake	2
120	Tuscarora Township	2
120	Zilwaukee	2
121	Argentine Township	1
121	Breckenridge	1
121	Cassopolis	1
121	Clarkston	1
121	Coleman	1
121	East Jordan	1
121	Elsie	1
121	Grant	1
121	Grosse Pointe Shores	1
121	Harbor Springs	1
121	Hesperia	1
121	Houghton	1
121	Huntington Woods	1
121	Ishpeming Township	1
121	Kinross Township	1
121	Laingsburg	1
121	Montague	1
121	New Buffalo	1
121	New Era	1
121	Olivet	1
121	Peck	1
121	Pentwater	1
121	Richfield Township, Roscommon County	1
121	Rothbury	1
121	Saugatuck-Douglas	1
121	Scottville	1
121	Vernon	1
121	White Cloud	1
122	Addison Township	0
122	Bancroft	0
122	Barryton	0
122	Carson City	0
122	Caseville	0
122	Eau Claire	0
122	Elkton	0
122	Fair Haven Township	0
122	Fremont	0
122	Galien	0
122	Garfield Township	0
122	Gladstone	0
122	Grand Beach/Michiana	0
122	Grosse Ile Township	0
122	Kinde	0
122	Kingston	0
122	Lake Angelus	0
122	Lake Linden	0
122	Lake Odessa	0
122	Lapeer Township	0
122	Lennon	0
122	Litchfield	0
122	Manton	0
122	Marenisco Township	0
122	Morrice	0
122	New Lothrop	0
122	Oakley	0
122	Otisville	0
122	Owendale	0
122	Pigeon	0
122	Port Austin	0
122	Richland	0
122	Rockwood	0
122	Rose City	0
122	Sebewaing	0
122	Shepherd	0
122	Stanton	0
122	Watersmeet Township	0