What is the #1 most dangerous cities in michigan?

#	City	Population	Crime Rate per 1K
1	Highland Park	8,798	30.19
2	Vassar	2,704	19.72
3	Benton Harbor	9,023	18.74
4	Detroit	636,644	17.82
5	Buena Vista	5,904	13.76
6	Manistique	2,844	13.25
7	Ecorse	9,170	13.21
8	Albion	7,608	13.17
9	Bangor	2,113	12.21
10	Battle Creek	52,392	11.22
11	Inkster	25,602	10.79
12	Jackson	31,206	10.75
13	Muskegon Heights	9,902	10.73
14	Mount Morris	3,130	9.59
15	Flint	80,835	9.30
16	Grand Rapids	197,768	9.10
17	Romulus	24,951	8.79
18	Taylor	62,405	8.38
19	Harper Woods	15,205	7.75
20	Burton	29,529	7.65
21	Eastpointe	34,003	7.20
22	Wayne	17,413	6.93
23	Lincoln Park	39,511	6.79
24	South Haven	3,994	6.73
25	Lansing	112,546	6.67
26	Ypsilanti	19,937	6.57
27	Gladwin	3,081	6.38
28	Caro	4,284	6.35
29	Port Huron	28,724	6.03
30	Monroe	20,330	5.77
31	Lakeview	1,049	5.77
32	Owosso	14,658	5.71
33	Croswell	2,667	5.67
34	Mattawan	2,615	5.66
35	Bay City	32,445	5.64
36	Watervliet	1,879	5.47
37	Three Rivers	7,936	5.46
38	Warren	138,128	5.44
39	Tawas City	1,654	5.41
40	Roseville	47,240	5.22
41	Alpena	10,178	5.14
42	Kalamazoo	73,132	5.14
43	Reed City	2,505	5.13
44	Alma	9,421	5.04
45	Gaylord	4,307	5.00
46	Southfield	76,025	4.93
47	Hamtramck	27,830	4.92
48	Niles	11,838	4.76
49	Wyoming	76,865	4.71
50	Paw Paw	3,277	4.71
51	Cadillac	10,404	4.69
52	St. Charles	1,857	4.63
53	Dearborn Heights	62,099	4.59
54	Bridgeport	6,841	4.57
55	Westland	84,155	4.50
56	Southgate	29,551	4.49
57	Greenville	8,897	4.42
58	Coloma	1,051	4.39
59	Yale	2,157	4.24
60	Charlotte	9,269	4.23
61	Center Line	8,448	4.22
62	Menominee	8,370	4.19
63	Sturgis	11,077	4.10
64	Cassopolis	1,763	4.09
65	Sault Ste. Marie	13,373	4.06
66	Oak Park	29,370	3.99
67	Newaygo	2,486	3.90
68	Hart	1,931	3.89
69	Stockbridge	1,235	3.89
70	Eaton Rapids	5,197	3.88
71	Kentwood	54,114	3.88
72	Hastings	7,515	3.86
73	Almont	2,830	3.86
74	Holland	34,266	3.84
75	Marlette	1,771	3.78
76	Marine City	4,047	3.75
77	Auburn Hills	24,911	3.73
78	Bad Axe	3,010	3.71
79	Big Rapids	7,847	3.64
80	Grandville	16,135	3.61
81	Escanaba	12,374	3.57
82	East Jordan	1,776	3.55
83	Belding	5,949	3.51
84	White Pigeon	1,637	3.48
85	Imlay City	3,706	3.46
86	Colon	1,432	3.35
87	Chesaning	2,411	3.33
88	Iron River	3,009	3.29
89	Vicksburg	3,824	3.28
90	Lexington	1,119	3.23
91	Clinton	2,795	3.20
92	Coleman	1,147	3.14
93	Utica	5,184	3.14
94	Flat Rock	10,418	3.13
95	Belleville	3,961	3.10
96	Grant	1,146	3.06
97	Capac	1,903	3.06
98	Ann Arbor	121,179	3.03
99	Decatur	1,814	3.03
100	Melvindale	12,605	3.02
101	Lawrence	1,186	2.97
102	Carleton	2,635	2.96
103	Millington	1,151	2.96
104	Lake Linden	1,042	2.94
105	Dearborn	107,846	2.94
106	Hillsdale	8,013	2.88
107	Traverse City	15,491	2.86
108	Lake Orion	2,873	2.84
109	Grand Ledge	7,797	2.83
110	Cass City	2,189	2.82
111	Evart	1,764	2.82
112	Garden City	26,910	2.81
113	Olivet	1,633	2.80
114	Reading	1,241	2.77
115	Portage	49,015	2.77
116	Madison Heights	28,411	2.77
117	Fowlerville	2,950	2.74
118	Plainwell	3,764	2.68
119	Roosevelt Park	4,148	2.67
120	Marshall	6,797	2.66
121	Birch Run	1,236	2.61
122	Muskegon	37,203	2.56
123	Constantine	2,196	2.54
124	DeWitt	4,774	2.46
125	Pinconning	1,384	2.42
126	Buchanan	4,259	2.41
127	Wyandotte	24,593	2.40
128	Allen Park	28,128	2.39
129	Coldwater	13,847	2.39
130	Fraser	14,604	2.37
131	Nashville	1,371	2.35
132	Grand Blanc	7,995	2.33
133	Brown City	1,211	2.32
134	Sterling Heights	133,473	2.31
135	Frankenmuth	5,108	2.30
136	Livonia	94,058	2.28
137	Cheboygan	4,801	2.26
138	Durand	3,485	2.26
139	Lathrup Village	4,049	2.26
140	Otsego	4,079	2.23
141	East Tawas	2,686	2.23
142	Walker	25,201	2.21
143	Scottville	1,359	2.21
144	East Lansing	45,394	2.20
145	Swartz Creek	5,856	2.17
146	Bath	2,938	2.15
147	Laurium	1,486	2.13
148	Ludington	7,664	2.11
149	Leslie	2,167	2.11
150	Saline	8,976	2.11
151	Grand Haven	10,966	2.09
152	Montague	2,630	2.07
153	Ferndale	19,156	2.05
154	Clio	2,165	2.04
155	Hazel Park	14,945	2.03
156	Riverview	12,269	2.03
157	Ironwood	5,004	2.03
158	Hancock	4,510	1.99
159	Farmington Hills	83,316	1.98
160	Clawson	11,314	1.98
161	North Muskegon	4,089	1.96
162	Lowell	4,133	1.96
163	Fremont	4,532	1.95
164	Mount Pleasant	21,420	1.95
165	Wixom	17,126	1.93
166	Norton Shores	25,000	1.92
167	Marquette	20,691	1.88
168	Sparta	4,260	1.87
169	Davison	5,082	1.87
170	St. Clair Shores	58,287	1.85
171	St. Louis	6,926	1.85
172	Ionia	12,950	1.85
173	Orchard Lake Village	2,298	1.82
174	Sebewaing	1,921	1.75
175	Saginaw	43,879	1.74
176	Negaunee	4,641	1.72
177	Charlevoix	2,420	1.70
178	Beaverton	1,036	1.70
179	Fenton	11,950	1.69
180	St. Johns	7,712	1.69
181	Lawton	2,056	1.68
182	Hartford	2,312	1.62
183	Mason	8,239	1.60
184	Munising	1,907	1.53
185	Clare	3,341	1.52
186	Marysville	9,942	1.52
187	Chelsea	5,420	1.50
188	Sandusky	2,692	1.49
189	Galesburg	2,122	1.46
190	Three Oaks	1,322	1.45
191	Luna Pier	1,204	1.42
192	Spring Arbor	2,385	1.41
193	Schoolcraft	1,268	1.39
194	Jonesville	2,257	1.38
195	Walled Lake	7,275	1.37
196	Ovid	1,331	1.34
197	Zilwaukee	1,696	1.34
198	Bronson	2,183	1.33
199	Rockwood	3,189	1.29
200	Hudson	2,385	1.28
201	Harbor Beach	1,576	1.28
202	Whitehall	2,974	1.26
203	Midland	42,461	1.24
204	Royal Oak	57,880	1.24
205	St. Joseph	7,805	1.23
206	Petoskey	5,851	1.20
207	Tecumseh	8,655	1.17
208	Troy	87,307	1.16
209	Bloomfield Hills	4,412	1.15
210	Woodhaven	12,761	1.12
211	Grosse Pointe	5,561	1.11
212	Brighton	7,576	1.11
213	Keego Harbor	2,747	1.10
214	Howell	10,074	1.10
215	Hesperia	1,007	1.07
216	Dowagiac	5,677	1.05
217	Dryden	1,125	1.04
218	Gibraltar	4,937	1.03
219	Grayling	1,638	1.01
220	Milan	6,070	1.00
221	Novi	66,224	0.99
222	Rockford	6,162	0.97
223	Grosse Pointe Woods	16,177	0.96
224	Memphis	1,107	0.95
225	Blissfield	3,236	0.92
226	Zeeland	5,691	0.89
227	Kalkaska	2,370	0.89
228	Carson City	1,161	0.89
229	Farmington	11,472	0.88
230	Richmond	5,839	0.86
231	Holly	5,971	0.84
232	Fruitport	1,269	0.84
233	Harbor Springs	1,015	0.83
234	Boyne City	3,829	0.78
235	Pleasant Ridge	2,607	0.78
236	White Cloud	1,297	0.72
237	Stanton	1,292	0.72
238	Standish	1,616	0.69
239	River Rouge	7,092	0.68
240	Wolverine Lake	4,476	0.68
241	Flushing	8,323	0.67
242	St. Clair	5,581	0.66
243	Corunna	3,054	0.66
244	Manton	1,347	0.66
245	Montrose	2,057	0.66
246	Potterville	3,065	0.64
247	Quincy	1,487	0.64
248	Adrian	20,493	0.64
249	East Grand Rapids	11,394	0.61
250	Kingsford	5,138	0.61
251	Armada	1,876	0.60
252	New Buffalo	1,306	0.59
253	Sylvan Lake	1,672	0.59
254	Allegan	5,182	0.58
255	South Lyon	11,825	0.58
256	Oxford	3,478	0.58
257	Argentine	2,357	0.57
258	Birmingham	21,612	0.56
259	Romeo	3,654	0.54
260	Williamston	3,800	0.53
261	Portland	3,821	0.53
262	Richland	1,014	0.52
263	Bridgman	2,383	0.49
264	Northville	6,080	0.49
265	Plymouth	9,234	0.48
266	Beverly Hills	10,507	0.48
267	Linden	4,150	0.48
268	Milford	6,467	0.47
269	Shelby	2,571	0.46
270	St. Ignace	2,409	0.44
271	Pinckney	1,920	0.43
272	West Branch	2,177	0.42
273	New Baltimore	12,060	0.42
274	Grosse Pointe Farms	9,957	0.41
275	Village of Grosse Pointe Shores	2,589	0.40
276	Gladstone	5,240	0.38
277	Houghton	8,341	0.35
278	Rogers City	2,873	0.34
279	Trenton	18,242	0.34
280	Berkley	15,084	0.34
281	Franklin	2,610	0.32
282	Huntington Woods	6,322	0.32
283	Essexville	3,344	0.30
284	Rochester	12,939	0.24
285	Grosse Pointe Park	11,394	0.18
286	Norway	2,835	0.00
287	Pigeon	1,093	0.00
288	Litchfield	1,391	0.00
289	Shepherd	1,438	0.00
290	Bellevue	1,333	0.00
291	Perry	2,198	0.00
292	South Rockwood	1,891	0.00
293	Elk Rapids	1,558	0.00
294	Deckerville	1,057	0.00
295	Iron Mountain	7,508	0.00
296	Crystal Falls	1,734	0.00
297	Sand Lake	1,214	0.00
298	Ishpeming	6,173	0.00
299	Mancelona	1,496	0.00
300	Morenci	2,149	0.00
301	Morrice	1,647	0.00
302	Fennville	1,880	0.00
303	Laingsburg	1,640	0.00
304	Union City	1,814	0.00
305	Lake Odessa	2,174	0.00
306	L'Anse	1,916	0.00
307	Reese	1,303	0.00
308	Breckenridge	1,411	0.00
309	Frankfort	1,158	0.00
310	Lapeer	9,053	0.00

Methodology

Cities in Michigan are ranked by crime rate per 1k. Only cities with populations above 1,000 are included. Data sourced from FBI Crime Data Explorer. Last updated 2026.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the #1 most dangerous cities in michigan?: Highland Park ranks #1 with 30.19 (crime rate per 1k).
What are the top 5 most dangerous cities in michigan?: 1. Highland Park (30.19), 2. Vassar (19.72), 3. Benton Harbor (18.74), 4. Detroit (17.82), 5. Buena Vista (13.76)
How many cities in Michigan are ranked?: This ranking includes 310 cities in Michigan with available data.

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