Safest & Most Dangerous Neighborhoods in Detroit

Neighborhoods ranked: 170
Reports, 30 days: 6,480
Violent, 30 days: 2,255
Violent / sq mi: 17; city-wide, median 15

Safest neighborhoods in Detroit#

The 10 Detroit neighborhoods with the fewest violent crime reports per square mile over the last 30 days. Low numbers mean few reports where people live and work, not that nothing ever happens there.

Safest neighborhoods in Detroit
#	Neighborhood	Violent / sq mi	Violent	All reports
1	Delray	0.0	0	4
2	Detroit Golf	0.0	0	3
3	Campau/Banglatown	0.0	0	5
4	Grandmont #1	0.0	0	7
5	Poletown East	1.4	2	12
6	Boston Edison	2.0	1	11
7	Oakwood Heights	2.1	2	2
8	Grixdale Farms	2.3	1	7
9	Marina District	2.9	1	3
10	Gratiot-Grand	3.0	2	17

Most dangerous neighborhoods in Detroit#

The 10 neighborhoods with the most violent crime reports per square mile. Downtowns, nightlife districts and transit hubs rank high partly because so many people pass through them; a report is where an incident was recorded, not a judgment on the people who live there.

Neighborhoods with the most violent crime reports in Detroit
#	Neighborhood	Violent / sq mi	Violent	All reports
1	Downtown	62	70	255
2	Medical Center	56	18	45
3	Jamison	46	11	22
4	Yorkshire Woods	42	19	45
5	State Fair	42	14	37
6	Midtown	41	36	117
7	Nortown	40	19	41
8	Moross-Morang	40	31	60
9	Grand River-St Marys	38	12	37
10	Elijah McCoy	36	18	45

All 197 Detroit neighborhoods#

Every neighborhood, safest first (1 = the fewest violent crime reports per square mile). Neighborhoods under 0.2 square miles are listed without a rank: a single report would swing their figure.

Detroit neighborhoods ranked by violent crime reports per square mile
#	Neighborhood	Violent / sq mi	Violent	All reports
1	Delray	0.0	0	4
2	Detroit Golf	0.0	0	3
3	Campau/Banglatown	0.0	0	5
4	Grandmont #1	0.0	0	7
5	Poletown East	1.4	2	12
6	Boston Edison	2.0	1	11
7	Oakwood Heights	2.1	2	2
8	Grixdale Farms	2.3	1	7
9	Marina District	2.9	1	3
10	Gratiot-Grand	3.0	2	17
11	Core City	3.2	2	10
12	North Campau	3.2	2	8
13	Indian Village	3.4	1	7
14	Joy-Schaefer	3.6	1	7
15	University District	4.0	2	6
16	Airport Sub	4.0	19	64
17	Sherwood Forest	4.1	1	13
18	Happy Homes	4.3	1	1
19	Grandmont	4.8	2	6
20	Rosedale Park	5.1	3	9
21	Penrose	5.6	2	9
22	Dexter-Fenkell	5.6	2	6
23	Aviation Sub	6.4	3	14
24	Chandler Park	6.5	5	27
25	Palmer Woods	6.5	2	3
26	Eastern Market	6.6	3	22
27	North Rosedale Park	6.8	5	29
28	Green Acres	7.2	4	10
29	East Village	7.3	9	25
30	Greenfield-Grand River	7.6	2	14
31	Jefferson Chalmers	7.8	11	28
32	Mohican Regent	7.9	3	23
33	Riverdale	8.0	4	8
34	Grant	8.1	7	18
35	Seven Mile-Rouge	8.2	5	16
36	Petoskey-Otsego	8.4	4	11
37	Oak Grove District 2	8.4	2	7
38	South of Six	8.4	2	8
39	North Corktown	8.5	5	16
40	Springwells	8.6	19	66
41	Mount Olivet	8.6	7	20
42	Central Southwest	8.7	20	95
43	Denby	8.7	3	27
44	Davison	8.9	9	50
45	Plymouth-I96	8.9	4	19
46	Chadsey Condon	9.0	16	52
47	Eden Gardens	9.4	6	23
48	We Care Community	9.5	5	23
49	Ravendale	9.5	2	9
50	Miller Grove	9.6	3	13
51	Tech Town	9.6	2	10
52	Michigan-Martin	10	2	7
53	Evergreen-Outer Drive	10	10	41
54	NW Goldberg	10	5	14
55	Far West Detroit	10	4	11
56	Buffalo Charles	10	8	32
57	McDougall-Hunt	10	11	36
58	West Outer Drive	10	3	5
59	Gratiot-Findlay	11	6	12
60	Piety Hill	11	3	13
61	Crary/St Marys	11	11	43
62	Holcomb Community	11	11	38
63	Islandview	12	14	46
64	Pingree Park	12	3	10
65	Weatherby	12	5	11
66	Gratiot Town/Kettering	12	12	29
67	Brightmoor	12	38	102
68	Hubbard Richard	12	3	4
69	Claytown	12	29	75
70	Schoolcraft Southfield	12	18	35
71	Cadillac Heights	13	8	30
72	Martin Park	13	7	19
73	Riverbend	13	15	32
74	Five Points	14	7	23
75	Davison-Schoolcraft	14	7	20
76	Grand River-I96	14	12	43
77	Midwest	14	38	97
78	Conant Gardens	14	3	11
79	Virginia Park Community	15	11	51
80	Rivertown	15	8	23
81	Boynton	15	20	42
82	The Eye	15	6	15
83	Gateway Community	15	7	12
84	Milwaukee Junction	15	6	13
85	Pershing	15	5	21
86	Pilgrim Village	15	11	32
87	McDowell	15	5	19
88	Corktown	15	10	43
89	Conner Creek	15	16	32
90	Gratiot Woods	16	7	11
91	Warren Ave Community	16	20	43
92	West End	16	18	39
93	Hawthorne Park	16	4	9
94	Belmont	16	4	16
95	Forest Park	17	7	15
96	Butler	18	5	12
97	Warrendale	18	43	148
98	Chalfonte	18	9	30
99	Berg-Lahser	18	11	27
100	Littlefield Community	19	7	23
101	Sherwood	19	9	18
102	Schulze	19	19	78
103	Gold Coast	19	4	16
104	Mapleridge	20	25	65
105	Garden View	20	5	17
106	Outer Drive-Hayes	20	29	107
107	Nolan	21	29	68
108	East English Village	21	13	36
109	College Park	21	21	53
110	Barton-McFarland	21	36	96
111	Woodbridge	21	10	25
112	Palmer Park	22	13	29
113	Cornerstone Village	22	34	94
114	Northeast Central District	22	8	13
115	Southfield Plymouth	22	6	9
116	Pulaski	23	16	39
117	Russell Woods	23	7	15
118	Fox Creek	23	16	42
119	Greenfield Park	23	11	33
120	Bagley	23	29	124
121	Morningside	23	35	89
122	Northwest Community	24	8	11
123	Joy Community	24	24	71
124	Schaefer 7/8 Lodge	25	17	38
125	Hubbell-Lyndon	25	12	35
126	Fitzgerald/Marygrove	25	31	74
127	Bethune Community	25	36	122
128	Plymouth-Hubbell	25	24	68
129	Oak Grove District 1	25	11	32
130	Blackstone Park	25	6	10
131	North End	25	27	56
132	Von Steuben	26	21	45
133	Castle Rouge	26	9	23
134	Krainz Woods	26	13	27
135	Winship	26	24	69
136	Harmony Village	26	11	39
137	Farwell	26	36	79
138	Wade	27	14	34
139	Dexter-Linwood	28	45	130
140	Regent Park	28	37	90
141	Pride Area Community	28	9	22
142	LaSalle Gardens	28	8	25
143	Elmwood Park	28	26	57
144	Greenwich	28	7	17
145	Nardin Park	28	26	67
146	Garden Homes	28	14	35
147	LaSalle College Park	29	11	20
148	Wayne State	29	11	53
149	Wildemere Park	30	8	16
150	Greenfield	30	29	73
151	Evergreen Lahser 7/8	31	30	79
152	Cultural Center	31	10	33
153	Westwood Park	32	8	16
154	Fiskhorn	32	8	19
155	O'Hair Park	33	32	53
156	Hubbell-Puritan	33	12	26
157	Franklin	34	18	44
158	Oakman Blvd Community	34	48	133
159	Franklin Park	36	54	137
160	Lafayette Park	36	13	35
161	Elijah McCoy	36	18	45
162	Grand River-St Marys	38	12	37
163	Moross-Morang	40	31	60
164	Nortown	40	19	41
165	Midtown	41	36	117
166	State Fair	42	14	37
167	Yorkshire Woods	42	19	45
168	Jamison	46	11	22
169	Medical Center	56	18	45
170	Downtown	62	70	255
—	Arden Park	—	0	1
—	Brewster Homes	—	2	11
—	Brush Park	—	8	27
—	Cadillac Community	—	5	17
—	Chandler Park-Chalmers	—	6	11
—	Douglass	—	0	0
—	East Canfield	—	4	8
—	Greektown	—	5	19
—	Historic Atkinson	—	1	2
—	Hubbard Farms	—	6	15
—	Jeffries	—	6	9
—	Joseph Berry Sub	—	2	8
—	McNichols Evergreen	—	4	11
—	Medbury Park	—	3	3
—	Melvern Hill	—	1	4
—	Mexicantown	—	4	9
—	Minock Park	—	1	7
—	New Center	—	5	17
—	New Center Commons	—	12	35
—	Old Redford	—	1	3
—	Paveway	—	1	5
—	Pembroke	—	6	17
—	San Bernardo	—	5	22
—	Seven Mile Lodge	—	2	4
—	Tri-Point	—	0	0
—	Virginia Park	—	1	2
—	West Village	—	1	12

How this ranking works#

Data: every crime report Detroit PD published for the last 30 days, placed in a neighborhood from its block-level location.
Measure: violent crime reports (assault, robbery, homicide, sex offenses and similar) per square mile of the neighborhood, so large and small areas compare fairly.
Limits:reports are preliminary and are not convictions; departments do not publish every incident; busy areas count visitors' incidents too. Treat the ranking as a starting point and check the blocks you care about on the map.
Boundaries: City of Detroit neighborhoods. 239 reports fell outside these outlines (parks, airports, the edge of the city) and are not counted.

Questions#

What is the safest neighborhood in Detroit?

By violent crime reports per square mile over the last 30 days, Delray ranks first, with 0 violent reports on 1.9 square miles. Detroit Golf and Campau/Banglatown follow.

What is the most dangerous neighborhood in Detroit?

Downtown has the most violent crime reports per square mile right now (62, against a city median of 15). Rankings shift month to month, and a few blocks often account for most of a neighborhood's reports.

How often is this ranking updated?

Warden recomputes it every few hours from Detroit PD's open-data feed. Last computed Nov 4, 9:35 AM ET.

About this data#

Detroit Police Department via data.detroitmi.gov. Locations are approximate, usually the block. All agencies: data sources.

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