Safest Cities in Michigan (2025)
The FBI-reporting cities in Michigan with the highest Crime Index scores for 2025. Scores run 0–100 (higher = safer) and are built from FBI Crime Data Explorer reports.
Showing the 12 safest of 24 cities
Not the same cities shown on the most dangerous cities in Michigan list. See the full ranked list →
- 1Rochester HillsA692per 100k1.3homicide
- 2NoviA635per 100k0.0homicide
- 3TroyA1,022per 100k1.1homicide
- 4Farmington HillsB929per 100k0.0homicide
- 5Royal OakB897per 100k5.2homicide
- 6KentwoodB807per 100k0.0homicide
- 7St Clair ShoresB1,041per 100k1.7homicide
- 8LivoniaB1,458per 100k0.0homicide
- 9Sterling HeightsB1,377per 100k0.7homicide
- 10DearbornB1,977per 100k1.9homicide
- 11Ann ArborC2,000per 100k1.6homicide
- 12Dearborn HeightsC1,637per 100k3.3homicide
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 →