Detroit, United States: crime rates by area
No Safety score: fewer than 30 comparable places, or figures not complete.
Questions about crime in Detroit
- Which areas of Detroit have the least crime?
- Lowest crime among the 199 neighbourhoods of Detroit with a Safety score: Campau/Banglatown (10/10), Buffalo Charles (10/10), Claytown (10/10). Highest crime among the 199 neighbourhoods of Detroit with a Safety score: Downtown (1/10), Nardin Park (1/10), Franklin (1/10).
Neighbourhoods in Detroit
- Airport Sub 7/10
- Arden Park 6/10
- Aviation Sub 10/10
- Bagley 9/10
- Barton-McFarland 4/10
- Belle Isle
- Belmont 4/10
- Berg-Lahser 8/10
- Bethune Community 3/10
- Blackstone Park 10/10
- Boston Edison 9/10
- Boynton 8/10
- Brewster Homes 9/10
- Brightmoor 2/10
- Brush Park 6/10
- Buffalo Charles 10/10
- Butler 5/10
- Cadillac Community 1/10
- Cadillac Heights 3/10
- Campau/Banglatown 10/10
- Carbon Works 8/10
- Castle Rouge 8/10
- Central Southwest 10/10
- Chadsey Condon 6/10
- Chalfonte 3/10
- Chandler Park 6/10
- Chandler Park-Chalmers 3/10
- Claytown 10/10
- College Park 6/10
- Conant Gardens 3/10
- Conner Creek 6/10
- Conner Creek Industrial 1/10
- Core City 7/10
- Corktown 1/10
- Cornerstone Village 4/10
- Crary/St Marys 8/10
- Cultural Center 9/10
- Davison 2/10
- Davison-Schoolcraft 2/10
- Delray 7/10
- Denby 3/10
- Detroit Golf 8/10
- Dexter-Fenkell 2/10
- Dexter-Linwood 2/10
- Douglass
- Downtown 1/10
- East Canfield 2/10
- East English Village 8/10
- East Village 7/10
- Eastern Market
- Eden Gardens 3/10
- Elijah McCoy 1/10
- Eliza Howell 4/10
- Elmwood Park 7/10
- Evergreen Lahser 7/8 8/10
- Evergreen-Outer Drive 7/10
- Far West Detroit 10/10
- Farwell 4/10
- Fiskhorn 5/10
- Fitzgerald/Marygrove 5/10
- Five Points 6/10
- Forest Park 7/10
- Fox Creek 3/10
- Franklin 1/10
- Franklin Park 4/10
- Garden Homes 9/10
- Garden View 7/10
- Gateway Community 4/10
- Gold Coast 10/10
- Grand River-I96 2/10
- Grand River-St Marys 4/10
- Grandmont 9/10
- Grandmont #1 10/10
- Grant 4/10
- Gratiot Town/Kettering 4/10
- Gratiot Woods 6/10
- Gratiot-Findlay 2/10
- Gratiot-Grand 5/10
- Greektown
- Green Acres 10/10
- Greenfield 3/10
- Greenfield Park 3/10
- Greenfield-Grand River 6/10
- Greenwich 9/10
- Grixdale Farms 4/10
- Happy Homes 1/10
- Harmony Village 6/10
- Hawthorne Park 3/10
- Historic Atkinson 9/10
- Holcomb Community 3/10
- Hubbard Farms 6/10
- Hubbard Richard 9/10
- Hubbell-Lyndon 2/10
- Hubbell-Puritan 6/10
- Indian Village 10/10
- Islandview 7/10
- Jamison 2/10
- Jefferson Chalmers 8/10
- Jeffries 8/10
- Joseph Berry Sub 9/10
- Joy Community 2/10
- Joy-Schaefer 6/10
- Krainz Woods 5/10
- Lafayette Park 9/10
- LaSalle College Park 7/10
- LaSalle Gardens 7/10
- Littlefield Community 3/10
- Mapleridge 2/10
- Marina District 7/10
- Martin Park 8/10
- McDougall-Hunt 3/10
- McDowell 9/10
- McNichols Evergreen 8/10
- Medbury Park 5/10
- Medical Center 1/10
- Melvern Hill 8/10
- Mexicantown 1/10
- Michigan-Martin 10/10
- Midtown 2/10
- Midwest 4/10
- Miller Grove 8/10
- Milwaukee Junction 1/10
- Minock Park 9/10
- Mohican Regent 7/10
- Morningside 7/10
- Moross-Morang 6/10
- Mount Olivet 3/10
- Nardin Park 1/10
- New Center
- New Center Commons 4/10
- Nolan 2/10
- North Campau 2/10
- North Corktown 6/10
- North End 5/10
- North Rosedale Park 10/10
- Northeast Central District 4/10
- Northwest Community 2/10
- Nortown 1/10
- NW Goldberg 1/10
- O'Hair Park 7/10
- Oak Grove District 1 1/10
- Oak Grove District 2 9/10
- Oakman Blvd Community 3/10
- Oakwood Heights 2/10
- Old Redford 8/10
- Outer Drive-Hayes 4/10
- Palmer Park 5/10
- Palmer Woods 9/10
- Paveway 2/10
- Pembroke 6/10
- Penrose 6/10
- Pershing 5/10
- Petoskey-Otsego 3/10
- Piety Hill 5/10
- Pilgrim Village 4/10
- Pingree Park 9/10
- Plymouth-Hubbell 5/10
- Plymouth-I96 1/10
- Poletown East 4/10
- Pride Area Community 1/10
- Pulaski 4/10
- Ravendale 3/10
- Regent Park 5/10
- Riverbend 3/10
- Riverdale 5/10
- Rivertown 7/10
- Rosedale Park 10/10
- Rouge Park 1/10
- Russell Industrial 1/10
- Russell Woods 5/10
- San Bernardo 8/10
- Schaefer 7/8 Lodge 6/10
- Schoolcraft Southfield 6/10
- Schulze 8/10
- Seven Mile Lodge 8/10
- Seven Mile-Rouge 9/10
- Sherwood 8/10
- Sherwood Forest 10/10
- South of Six 9/10
- Southfield Plymouth 5/10
- Springwells 10/10
- State Fair
- Tech Town 2/10
- The Eye 7/10
- Tri-Point 5/10
- University District 9/10
- Virginia Park 10/10
- Virginia Park Community 3/10
- Von Steuben 5/10
- Wade 4/10
- Warren Ave Community 9/10
- Warrendale 7/10
- Waterworks Park 10/10
- Wayne State 8/10
- We Care Community 1/10
- Weatherby 2/10
- West End 4/10
- West Outer Drive 10/10
- West Side Industrial 7/10
- West Village 10/10
- Westwood Park 5/10
- Wildemere Park 6/10
- Winship 5/10
- Woodbridge 7/10
- Yorkshire Woods 5/10
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Mayors of Detroit since 2010
Detroit: Mayor Mary Sheffield (Democrat, nonpartisan office). Governor: Gretchen Whitmer (Democrat)
Mary Sheffield · Democrat, nonpartisan office
since January 2026
Too early to compare
Mike Duggan
January 2022 – January 2026
Detroit 0% · USA ▼ −7%
Offences reported to the FBI per 1,000 people, the year before the term vs its latest year
Mike Duggan · Democrat, nonpartisan office
January 2018 – January 2022
Detroit ▼ −17% · USA ▼ −19%
Offences reported to the FBI per 1,000 people, the year before the term vs its latest year
Mike Duggan · Democrat, nonpartisan office
January 2014 – January 2018
Detroit ▼ −15% · USA ▼ −10%
Offences reported to the FBI per 1,000 people, the year before the term vs its latest year
Dave Bing · Democrat, nonpartisan office
May 2009 – January 2014
In some cities an appointed manager or police chief, not the mayor, runs the police; in some counties the sheriff mainly runs the jail and the courts.
Mayors: Hilbig, Archived Campaign Websites of U.S. Mayoral Candidates (CC BY 4.0) and city sites. Sheriffs: Mavridis, US Sheriff Election Data (CC BY 4.0) and county election offices. Crime: FBI Crime Data Explorer.
