Allen Park sees more property crime per resident than 70% of U.S. towns
Each of the 5 towns on its borders with figures records more crime per resident. Allen Park’s letter overall is C+ (#163 of 266 graded towns in Michigan): more crime per resident than 64% of U.S. towns, from crimes its police reported through 2023 to 2025. For every 1,000 residents, 2.1 violent crimes and 16.8 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the rest of Michigan, the figures are 5.4 and 17.5.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of MI” is every other Michigan city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Allen Park
Allen Park reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 5 Michigan towns on Allen Park’s borders, 5 have a Safety Grade: Melvindale (C), Dearborn Heights (C), Dearborn (C), Southgate (C−), Lincoln Park (D). Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Allen Park’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.1) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns. Its property rate (16.8) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Allen Park | Rest of Michigan | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.6 | 5.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.0 | 5.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.4 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.8 | 5.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Allen Park’s police reported 171 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.1 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.4 in the rest of Michigan and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Allen Park per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Allen Park property | Rest of Michigan property | Allen Park violent | Rest of Michigan violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 15.8 | 18.7 | 2.6 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 17.4 | 19.4 | 2.0 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 17.5 | 17.4 | 2.4 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 15.5 | 15.6 | 1.8 | 5.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Michigan.
474 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
50 violent and 424 property, as reported to the FBI by Allen Park’s police.
12 people died in crashes on Allen Park’s roads in 2019–2023
Allen Park had 9 fatal crashes in five years, in which 12 people died; 1 was a pedestrian. 5 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 8.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Michigan towns of 25,000–100,000 people (5.3, 77 towns).
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Allen Park and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Park | C+ | 2.1 | 16.8 |
| Melvindale | C | 3.7 | 12.5 |
| Dearborn | C | 2.8 | 19.5 |
| Southgate | C− | 4.1 | 18.3 |
| Lincoln Park | D | 6.3 | 17.8 |
| Dearborn Heights | C | 4.2 | 13.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Michigan towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Park | C+ | 2.1 | 16.8 |
| Lyon Township | A | 0.4 | 2.9 |
| Plymouth Township | A− | 0.7 | 6.6 |
| Madison Heights | C | 2.9 | 15.5 |
| Hamtramck | C− | 5.8 | 16.6 |
| Port Huron | C− | 6.5 | 14.1 |
The five graded Michigan towns closest to Allen Park’s population (27,445), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Allen Park. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Allen Park’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (27,377 in 2025); our figure for Allen Park is 27,445 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Allen Park
Is Allen Park, MI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Allen Park reports more crime per resident than 64% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #163 of 266 in Michigan. Its police reported 2.1 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.4 in the rest of Michigan and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Allen Park?
2.1 violent and 16.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Michigan reports 5.4 and 17.5; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Allen Park in 2025?
Allen Park’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Allen Park safer than Melvindale?
Melvindale reports more crime per resident than Allen Park: Melvindale grades C for safety and Allen Park C+. Melvindale’s police reported 3.7 violent and 12.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Allen Park?
Allen Park’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Allen Park”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.