Photo: ajay_suresh · CC BY 2.0Auburn Hills records more property crime per head than 78% of U.S. towns
Its police logs show 3.2 violent crimes and 20.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the rest of Michigan the numbers are 5.4 and 17.4. Measured on crimes Auburn Hills’ police reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of C−: #200 of 266 graded towns in Michigan. Among its 6 neighbors with figures, 5 record less crime per resident.
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 Auburn Hills
5 of the 6 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 Michigan towns on Auburn Hills’ borders, 6 have a Safety Grade: Orion Township (A), Independence Township (A−), Bloomfield Township (A−), Rochester Hills (A−), Waterford Township (B−), Pontiac (D). Neighbors ↓
A college town
Auburn Hills is home to Oakland University, with 14,326 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 11% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
A job center
Auburn Hills has 61,454 jobs based in town for 25,925 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Auburn Hills’ 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 (3.2) 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.
Crime in Auburn Hills 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 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Auburn Hills | Rest of Michigan | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.7 | 5.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.6 | 5.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.7 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.2 | 5.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Auburn Hills’ police reported 249 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.2 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.4 in the rest of Michigan and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Auburn Hills property | Rest of Michigan property | Auburn Hills violent | Rest of Michigan violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 19.9 | 18.7 | 3.7 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 22.6 | 19.4 | 2.6 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 19.1 | 17.4 | 3.7 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 19.1 | 15.6 | 3.2 | 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.
590 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.
85 violent and 505 property, as reported to the FBI by Auburn Hills’ police.
Nine people died in crashes on Auburn Hills’s roads in 2019–2023
Auburn Hills had 9 fatal crashes in five years, in which nine people died; 1 was a pedestrian and 1 was a cyclist. 3 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is about what is typical for Michigan towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (5.3 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Auburn Hills’s size would see about 7 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Auburn Hills’s own rate (7.2) is context, not a ranking.
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.
Auburn Hills and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auburn Hills | C− | 3.2 | 20.2 |
| Pontiac | D | 9.6 | 16.4 |
| Orion Township | A | 0.5 | 4.0 |
| Rochester Hills | A− | 0.7 | 6.4 |
| Waterford Township | B− | 2.6 | 7.5 |
| Independence Township | A− | 0.9 | 3.8 |
| Bloomfield Township | A− | 0.4 | 6.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Michigan towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auburn Hills | C− | 3.2 | 20.2 |
| Lyon Township | A | 0.4 | 2.9 |
| Garden City | B− | 2.7 | 7.9 |
| Norton Shores | C | 2.3 | 18.7 |
| Walker | C− | 2.3 | 24.7 |
| Blackman Township | C− | 2.7 | 25.1 |
The five graded Michigan towns closest to Auburn Hills’ population (25,925), 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 Auburn Hills. 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 Auburn Hills’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (26,488 in 2025); our figure for Auburn Hills is 25,925 (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 Auburn Hills
Is Auburn Hills, MI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Auburn Hills reports more crime per resident than 77% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #200 of 266 in Michigan. Its police reported 3.2 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 Auburn Hills?
3.2 violent and 20.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Michigan reports 5.4 and 17.4; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Auburn Hills in 2025?
Auburn Hills’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 3.8 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Auburn Hills safer than Pontiac?
Pontiac reports more crime per resident than Auburn Hills: Pontiac grades D for safety and Auburn Hills C−. Pontiac’s police reported 9.6 violent and 16.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Auburn Hills?
Auburn Hills’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Auburn Hills”. 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.