Crime in Michigan
In 2019, 43,686 crimes were reported in the U.S. state of Michigan. Crime statistics vary widely by location. For example, Dearborn has a murder rate of only 2.1 per 100,000 while sharing borders with Detroit (43.5 per 100,000) and Inkster (24.2 per 100,000), some of the highest rates in the state.[1]
State statistics
| Crime in Michigan (2019)[2] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population:
9,986,857 |
Violent Crime | Property Crime | |||||||
| Total | Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter | Rape | Robbery | Aggravated
assault |
Total | Burglary | Larceny-theft | Motor-vehicle
theft | |
| Total | 43,686 | 556 | 7,235 | 5,350 | 30,545 | 158,296 | 28,572 | 111,980 | 17,744 |
| Rate per 100,000 inhabitants | 437.4 | 5.6 | 72.4 | 53.6 | 305.9 | 1,585.0 | 286.1 | 1,121.3 | 177.7 |
By location
 | This section needs to be updated. (May 2023) |
Detroit
Detroit had the 2nd highest violent crime rate in the nation in 2015 among cities with a population greater than 50,000.[3] In 2013, with only 7% of the state population, the city of Detroit had 50% of all murders recorded in Michigan.[4]
Detroit recorded 295 homicides in 2015 down from the recent high of 386 in 2012.[5] The number of homicides peaked in 1974 at 714 and again in 1991 with 615. By the end of 2010, the homicide count fell to 308 for the year with an estimated population of just over 900,000, the lowest count and rate since 1967.[6][7] According to a 2007 analysis, Detroit officials noted that about 65 to 70 percent of homicides in the city were confined to a narcotics catalyst.[8]
The city has faced many cases of arson each year on Devil's Night, the evening before Halloween. The Angel's Night campaign, launched in the late 1990s, draws many volunteers to patrol the streets during Halloween week. The effort reduced arson: while there were 810 fires set in 1984, this was reduced to 742 in 1996.[9] In recent years, fires on this three-night period have dropped even further. In 2009, the Detroit Fire Department reported 119 fires over this period, of which 91 were classified as suspected arsons.[10]
Flint
The city of Flint has recorded murder rates higher than those of Detroit in some years. For example, in 2013 Flint had a murder rate of 48 per 100,000 compared to Detroit's 45.[4] Flint's population fell below 100,000 and it is no longer tracked among the statistics of major cities.
Benton Harbor
The small city of Benton Harbor, population 10,000, had the highest total crime rate and highest property crime rate in Michigan in 2012. Its murder rate was the third highest in the state.[11]
Grand Rapids
The second-largest city in Michigan, Grand Rapids recorded a murder rate of 13.8 per 100,000 in 2020, more than double of the United States rate of 7.8 per 100,000.[12][13] The overall crime rate declined by one-third between 2003 and 2011,[14] but Grand Rapids set a record with 38 homicides in 2020.[15]
Policing
In 2018, Michigan had 564 state and local law enforcement agencies. Those agencies employed a total of 25,742 staff. Of the total staff, 18,193 were sworn officers (defined as those with general arrest powers).[16]
Police ratio
In 2018, Michigan had 182 police officers per 100,000 residents.[16]
Capital punishment laws
Capital punishment is not applied in this state.[17] Capital punishment was banned early in state history and no executions were ever carried out by state authorities.
See also
References
- ^ http://www.city-data.com/crime/ [bare URL]
- ^ "Crime in the United States by State, 2019". FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
- ^ "Detroit 2nd in the U.S. In violent crime rate, Flint 11th, FBI 2015 stats show". Mlive. 27 September 2016.
- ^ a b Feldscher, Kyle (November 10, 2014). "FBI data: Michigan's crime rates drop but Detroit remains among nation's most dangerous cities". MLive.
- ^ "Crime in Detroit, Michigan (MI): Murders, rapes, robberies, assaults, burglaries, thefts, auto thefts, arson, law enforcement employees, police officers, crime map".
- ^ Hunter, George (January 4, 2011). "Murders fell 15% in Detroit last year". The Detroit News. [permanent dead link]
- ^ Hackney, Suzette; Damron, Gina; Tanner-White, Kristi (January 4, 2011). "Detroit homicides fall to lowest level since 1967". Detroit Free Press. [permanent dead link]
- ^ "Page D-1". The Michigan Chronicle. 15 January 2014. Archived from the original on 2 August 2008. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- ^ "Urban Community Intervention to Prevent Halloween Arson -- Detroit, Michigan, 1985-1996". CDC. April 11, 1997. Archived from the original on July 7, 2022. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
- ^ "Detroit fires drop over 3-day Halloween period". Daily Tribune. November 3, 2009. Archived from the original on March 6, 2012.
- ^ Grigson, Natalie. "These Are The 10 Most Dangerous Places In Michigan". Movoto Real Estate. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
- ^ "Crime in Grand Rapids, Michigan (MI): Murders, rapes, robberies, assaults, burglaries, thefts, auto thefts, arson, law enforcement employees, police officers, crime map". city-data.com.
- ^ Gramlich, John. "What we know about the increase in U.S. murders in 2020". Pew Research Center. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
- ^ Tunison, John (August 26, 2013). "Grand Rapids area crime drops, but does it mean fewer officers are needed?". MLive. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
- ^ "Mourning most violent year, West Michigan seeks answers". WOOD-TV. March 15, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
- ^ a b "Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, 2018 – Statistical Tables" (PDF). United States Department of Justice. October 2022. p. 6. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 18, 2023.
- ^ "Facts about capital punishment - the death penalty". religioustolerance.org. Archived from the original on July 13, 2017. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
External links
- ^ "Crime Statistics". City-Data.com. 2024. Retrieved April 15, 2024.