Most Dangerous Cities in Michigan (2025)
The FBI-reporting cities in Michigan with the lowest Crime Index scores for 2025. Scores run 0–100 (higher = safer) and are built from FBI Crime Data Explorer reports.
Showing the 12 most dangerous of 24 cities
Not the same cities shown on the safest cities in Michigan list. See the full ranked list →
- 1DetroitF5,604per 100k25.7homicide
- 2LansingF3,395per 100k5.2homicide
- 3KalamazooF4,026per 100k9.6homicide
- 4Battle CreekF3,422per 100k3.3homicide
- 5FlintE2,189per 100k18.9homicide
- 6Grand RapidsE3,228per 100k6.5homicide
- 7PontiacD2,203per 100k9.6homicide
- 8TaylorD2,672per 100k4.9homicide
- 9SouthfieldD2,904per 100k7.8homicide
- 10WyomingC2,427per 100k1.3homicide
- 11WarrenC1,866per 100k2.2homicide
- 12WestlandC1,622per 100k3.6homicide
No area has zero risk
A high Crime Index score means lower reported crime relative to other US cities — it is not a guarantee of safety. Reported crime is not the same as actual crime. Research on the gap between crime that occurs and crime that gets reported to police — often called the "dark figure" of crime — estimates that roughly 40% of violent crime and about a third of property crime go unreported each year. Every index built on official statistics, including this one, necessarily undercounts real crime. That gap is exactly why homicide — the offense with the smallest dark figure — anchors the calculation instead of a more commonly reported but less reliable category like theft.
Scores on this page reflect FBI-reported data for 2025. See the full methodology →