Photo: Dwight Burdette · CC BY 3.0Dearborn Heights records more violent crime per head than 84% of U.S. towns
Of the 7 towns on its borders with figures, one records less crime per resident. Dearborn Heights’s Safety Grade, C (#190 of 266 graded towns in Michigan), rests on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025: more crime per resident than 73% of U.S. towns. Per resident, the graded crimes were down 19% from 2023 to 2025. Year on year, 4.2 violent crimes and 13.6 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 5.4 and 17.5 in the rest of Michigan.
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 Dearborn Heights
1 of the 7 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 7 Michigan towns on Dearborn Heights’ borders, 7 have a Safety Grade: Allen Park (C+), Dearborn (C), Westland (C−), Redford Township (D), Taylor (D), Inkster (D), Detroit (D−). Neighbors ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Dearborn Heights’ 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; property crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its property rate (13.6) 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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Dearborn Heights property | Rest of Michigan property | Dearborn Heights violent | Rest of Michigan violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 15.2 | 18.8 | 4.9 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 16.0 | 19.4 | 4.2 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 12.4 | 17.4 | 4.6 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 12.5 | 15.6 | 3.8 | 5.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Michigan.
Crime in Dearborn Heights 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 4 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 | Dearborn Heights | Rest of Michigan | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 4.2 | 5.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Dearborn Heights’ police reported 766 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 4.2 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.4 in the rest of Michigan and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
987 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.
232 violent and 755 property, as reported to the FBI by Dearborn Heights’ police.
15 people died in crashes on Dearborn Heights’s roads in 2019–2023
Dearborn Heights had 15 fatal crashes in five years, in which 15 people died; 3 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist.
That is 4.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as 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.
Dearborn Heights and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dearborn Heights | C | 4.2 | 13.6 |
| Dearborn | C | 2.8 | 19.5 |
| Detroit | D− | 18.2 | 43.0 |
| Allen Park | C+ | 2.1 | 16.8 |
| Inkster | D | 10.4 | 19.1 |
| Westland | C− | 4.6 | 13.9 |
| Redford Township | D | 6.1 | 20.6 |
| Taylor | D | 7.7 | 19.8 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Michigan towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dearborn Heights | C | 4.2 | 13.6 |
| West Bloomfield Township | A− | 1.0 | 5.1 |
| Royal Oak | B | 1.4 | 8.2 |
| St. Clair Shores | B− | 1.9 | 9.7 |
| Kentwood | D | 4.9 | 22.6 |
| Pontiac | D | 9.6 | 16.4 |
The five graded Michigan towns closest to Dearborn Heights’ population (60,664), 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 Dearborn Heights. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Dearborn Heights’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (60,548 in 2025); our figure for Dearborn Heights is 60,664 (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 Dearborn Heights
Is Dearborn Heights, MI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Dearborn Heights reports more crime per resident than 73% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #190 of 266 in Michigan. Its police reported 4.2 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 Dearborn Heights?
4.2 violent and 13.6 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 Dearborn Heights in 2025?
Dearborn Heights’s police reported 2 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 3.3 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Dearborn Heights safer than Dearborn?
Dearborn reports more crime per resident than Dearborn Heights: Dearborn grades C for safety and Dearborn Heights C. Dearborn’s police reported 2.8 violent and 19.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Dearborn Heights?
Dearborn Heights’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Dearborn Heights”. 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.